The McNeil is a antimony mine located in Alaska.
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McNeil MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: McNeil
Secondary: Branholm-Jenkins
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jamesonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Workings consisted of a shaft, tunnel and surface pits. In 1931, the shaft was iced up and the tunnel caved at the mouth. The surface pits on the divide to the NW were also inaccessible (Hill, 1933).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic quartz vein.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mined by McNeil and Huddelson in 1915, but no record of production (Smith, 1917; BMB 142, p.23). Antimony ore may have been mined (Killeen and Mertie, 1951, p. 14).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This site consists of a quartz vein containing arsenopyrite, jamesonite, and galena, in quartz-mica schist (Hill, 1933, p. 104). The vein strikes N 60 W and dips 70 S.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hill, 1933
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1918, Lode mining in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-H, p. 403-424.
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 Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.
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): 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): Smith, P.S., 1917, The mining industry in the territory of Alaska during the calendar year 1915: U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 142, 66 p.
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): 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): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.
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