Lindfors

The Lindfors is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Lindfors

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably mid-Cretaceous or younger if a vein occurrence.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) identified the Lindfors prospect as an antimony occurrence. The ore mineral is assumed to be stibnite, possibly with quartz and some gold values, in veins that cross-cut metasedimentary rocks. The prospect is in calcareous schist about 200 feet structurally below an intercalated massive marble (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Antimony-bearing vein (?) in metasedimentary rocks.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Rocky Mountain Creek area was prospected for scheelite and other strategic minerals during World War II. Various prospects along the creek were described by Coats (1944) and by Anderson (1947). Some exploration pits or trenches are probably present.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Coats, R.R., 1944, Lode scheelite occurrences of the Nome area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 17, 6 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.

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