Steil

The Steil is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Steil

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Stibnite in quartz veins.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the prospect was discovered prior to 1912 by Peter Steil and was one of the first adits driven in the Fairbanks district (Times Publishing Company, 1912).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = By 1912, an adit was 400 feet long and had working drifts along the mineralized shear zones. But, Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the tunnel was caved in 1912 and the property had not reached the production stage, but that a road had been built from the tunnel to the main road to the north.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Some stibnite and less pyrite occur in narrow quartz veins that branch through the metabasaltic country rock (Smith, 1913; B 525). By 1912, the adit was 400 feet long and had working drifts driven along the mineralized shear zones. Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the tunnel was caved in 1912 and the property had not reached the production stage, but that a road had been built from the tunnel to the main road to the north.? the Steil prospect was examined as a possible source of antimony in 1942 but no additional exploration was conducted due to lack of indication of significant tonnage (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

Reference (Deposit): Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

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