Widstedt Mine

The Widstedt Mine is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Widstedt Mine
Secondary: Widstead Tunnel
Secondary: Widstedt No. 1.

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1899
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY UP TO $72.00/TON IN AU, $28.OO/TON IN AG AND SOME COPPER, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ, 1920 PRICE OF AG = $1.00 /OZ, USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 239.

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): KIDNEYS OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE STIBNITE IN SHEAR ZONE IN SCHIST CONTAINING PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE; NUMEROUS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-247, LOC. 19. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): 3 TONS OF ANTIMONY ORE MINED IN 1900.

Comment (Workings): 70 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1899; NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Geology): NUMEROUS PROSPECT ON SHEAR ZONES ALONG W BANK OF ANVIL CR. IN SCHIST CONTAINING QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLEST AND PYRITE STRINGERS BUT NO EVIDENCE OF AU OR SB MINS.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: WIDSTEDT NO. 2 PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 400-B, P. B35.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-247, LOC. 19.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 124.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 27, LOC. 361.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-48

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 379, P. 282-283.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 430, 440.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 238-239 AND FIG. 18, NO. 9.

Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 11-12.

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