Unnamed (in headwaters of Lower Willow Creek)

The Unnamed (in headwaters of Lower Willow Creek) is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (in headwaters of Lower Willow Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Council

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; limonite boxwork gossan is developed.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = No exploration or other work is known at this site.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A sample of boxwork gossan contained 2,000 ppm As, 100 ppm Sb, and 100 ppm Cu (Gamble, 1988). The hostrock is marble within a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gamble, 1988

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Limonite boxwork gossan in marble with Sb and Cu values.

References

Reference (Deposit): Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

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