Deposit ID | 10000637 |
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MRDS ID | A011252 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Stampede Mine |
Related records | 10209985 |
Geographic coordinates: | -150.37818, 63.73902 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | 120 MI SW OF FAIRBANKS, ALASKA |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Antimony | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Cervantite | Gangue |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Kermesite | Gangue |
Muscovite | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Stibiconite | Gangue |
Result | COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF CONCENTRATES: 59.8% SB, 0.62% AS, 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 0.41 OZ/TON AG, TRACES OF CU, PB, ZN |
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Result | PYRITE-RICH TABLE CONCENTRATE ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE SHOWN 1.71 OZ/TON AU, USGS BULLETIN 936-N, P. 341-342 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
Rock unit name | Birch Creek |
Rock description | Birch Creek |
(1) | -150.37818, 63.73902 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Stampede Anticline, Trend: N55e To S 85e, Plunge: Ne, Cut By Stampede Fault | |
Local | Pronounced Change In Strike Of Stampede Fault, From N 50 E To N 80 E, Near The Mine |
General form | LENSES AND KIDNEYS |
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Strike | N 80 E TO DUE N |
Dip | 30 E TO 80 E |
Thickness | 7.92M |
Depth to bottom | 106.68M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Large |
Significant | No |
Year of first production | 1937 |
Year of last production | 1970 |
District name | Kantishna/Stampede Creek |
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Ownership category | National Park |
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Type | Owner-Operator |
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Owner | E. R. Pilgrim |
Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
Total resources | 6,500,000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Length | 1287.78M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011252 |
USGS BULLETIN 936-N, P.331-348
USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7379, P.67
USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4173, P.3-20
USGS BULLETIN 1108-A, P.A27-A29
USGS BULLETIN 1155, P. 10-17
USGS BULLETIN 1246, P.229-231
USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 820, P.48
ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 8-10, 16-17, 27, 38-39
USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-32, 4-36 TO 4-45
USGS OPEN FILE 78-1-E, P.35
11) ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 83-12, P. 23
BUNDTZEN, 1976, P.27
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | 1,500 FT OF KNOWN STRIKE LENGTH; ORE OCCURS IN HIGH GRADE (GREATER THAN 50% SB) VEINS AND LENSES, IN STRINGERS AND VEINLETS OF ALMOST PURE STIBNITE IN SHEAR ZONES AND DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ VEINS (10-20% SB) |
Deposit | ORE ALSO DISCOVERED ON NORTH SIDE OF STAMPEDE CREEK; ALASKA'S LARGEST ANTIMONY PRODUCER, SECOND LARGEST AMERICAN ANTIMONY MINE; SEE ALSO: LAST CHANCE, SLATE CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-OCT-1984 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 13-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |