The Unnamed (on Kansas Creek) is a antimony mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (on Kansas Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (on Kansas Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield
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
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Late Cretaceous or younger.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = It has been estimated that 200 tons of high grade antimony ore could be recovered from the deposit (Joesting, 1941).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration and workings only.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The prospect is in the Lower Paleozoic or possibly Upper Precambrian Birch Creek Schist, comprising quartz-sericite schist, quartzite, and a few interbeds of massive marble (Wilson and others, 1998). Locally, Lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous granites intrude the metasedimentary rocks. The deposit consists of quartz veins containing stibnite and minor galena and sphalerite. No gold and silver has been reported (Cobb, 1978: OFR 78-1062).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1978 (OFR 78-1062)
References
Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.
Reference (Deposit): Joesting, H.R., 1942, Preliminary report on stibnite prospect on upper Kansas Creek, Wood River district: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines, Mineral Investigation 67-1, 5 p.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
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