Waterfall Creek Prospect

The Waterfall Creek Prospect is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Waterfall Creek Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Bunker Hill
Secondary: Isabel
Secondary: Mabel
Secondary: Moniter

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE ACROSS 30 FT SILICIFIED ZONE CONTAINED 0.1 OZ/TON AU, ADGGS GR 36, P. 36.
Analytical Data: 2.5 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED MORE THAN 58% SB PLUS MINOR AU AND AG VALUES, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 439

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO ADITS INTERSECTED A STOCKWORK OF IRON-STAINED SCHIST AND QUARTZ CONTAINING LENTICULAR MASSES OF STIBNITE LESS THAN 1 FT THICK; VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE 100 FT WIDE EXPOSED BY OPEN-CUT, CONTAINS PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, STIBNITE, AND MINOR AU; SHEAR ZONE TRENDS N 20 DEGREES E AND OFFSETS A QUARTZ VEIN 1-3 FT THICK THAT CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% STIGNITE CRYSTALS UP TO 0.25 IN LONG; ALSO REPORTED: GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE, SOMEWHERE NEAR THE ANTIMONY PROSPECT AT THE HEAD OF WATERFALL CR.

Comment (Workings): TWO CAVED ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS; UPPER ADIT WAS 105 FT LONG, LOWER ADIT WAS DRIVEN N 25 DEGREES W FOR 270 FT.

Comment (Geology): 11-3 FT WIDE QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEIN IS CONFORMABLE WITH CLEAVAGE OF SCHIST: N 60 DEGREES E, DIP 57 DEGREES NW.

Comment (Deposit): LAST CHANCE CR. AND WATERFALL CR. USED INTERCHANGEABLY IN REFERENCES TO REFER TO THIS SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ADGGS GR 36, FIG. 1; LISTED AS "LAST CHANCE CR. PROSPECT." LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): 2.5 TONS OF ANTIMONY ORE MINED AND SOLD CIRCA 1916, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 439.

Comment (Development): DEVELOPED CIRCA 1916.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 122-123.

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 36, P. 36.

Reference (Deposit): USBM CLAIM MAP, NOME QUAD., KX-52-107.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 31, LOC. 401.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-20

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 438-440, 442.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 182-184, 231-232, 253.

Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 11, 19, 27.

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