Main commodities | Sb |
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Other commodities | W |
Ore minerals | ferberite; stibnite; wolframite |
Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | FB |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | A-4 |
Latitude | 64.072 |
Longitude | -148.724 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This unnamed prospect is located in the SE1/4 sec. 4, T. 10 S., R. 6 W., Fairbanks Meridian, along an unnamed, northwest-flowing tributary of California Creek. The mouth of the tributary is about 2.5 miles below the mouth of McAdam Creek, and the prospect is about 4.2 miles east-northeast of the Liberty Bell mine. This prospect is included in locality 41 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]). |
Geologic descriptionThis prospect consists of a stibnite-bearing quartz vein. Wolframite has been found in float (Joesting, 1942, ATDM Pamph. 1, p. 41). Bedrock is gray quartz-orthoclase-sericite schist and augen gneiss of the California Creek Member of the Totatlanika Schist (Wahrhaftig, 1970 [GQ-810]). | |
Geologic map unit | (-148.726341378321, 64.0715443533041) |
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Mineral deposit model | Simple Sb deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d) |
Mineral deposit model number | 27d |
Workings or exploration | Little is known other than it is a prospect. |
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Indication of production | None |
MRDS Number | A015314 |
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References | |
Reporters | J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman (Avalon Development Corporation) |
Last report date | 7/31/2001 |