My Creek Prospect

The My Creek Prospect is a iron and antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: My Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fortymile

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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: Malachite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Development): PRINCIPAL PROSPECT IS FLOAT CONTAINING STIBNITE IN BOGGY DEPRESSION ON RIDGE TOP. TEST PITS, 1941-42, DID NOT REACH BEDROCK. ABOUT 4 TONS OF FLOAT ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 50% SB AND SEVERAL TONS OF LOWER GRADE MATERIAL TAKEN FROM PITS. CHURN DRILLING, EARLY 1943.

Comment (Deposit): CALCITE VEINS IN SCHIST NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANITIC ROCKS CONTAIN ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND MALACHITE. STIBNITE OCCURS IN WHITE, VUGGY QUARTZ FLOAT TRACABLE FOR 1500 FT. A CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT OF MAGNETITE IN RECRYSTALIZED LIMESTONE IS 15 FT. THICK AND CAN BE TRACED ON SURFACE FOR ABOUT 300 FT.

Comment (Workings): PROSPECTED BY 9 DRILL HOLES 10-49 FT DEEP, WITH AN AGGREGATE DEPTH OF 248 FT.

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK IS COVERED BY MOSS, MUCK, AND TALUS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 8. PROSPECT IN A BROAD SADDLE ON THE RIDGE SEPERATING EVA AND OUR CREEKS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-5), LOC. 8

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1246, P. 222.

Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT. OF INV. 4173, P. 4, 28-30.

Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET 2, P. 15, 16, 1943.

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