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Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE098; on Kansas Creek), Bonnifield Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - HE098; on Kansas Creek)- not defined -
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 52' 11'' North , 147° 47' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
63.86972,-147.79000
GeoHash:
G#: beqgkgns5
GRN:
N43W50
Köppen climate type:
ET : Tundra
Mindat Locality ID:
202158
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202158:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: This prospect is at an elevation of about 2,700 feet on the northeast bank of Kansas Creek, approximately 2 miles upstream from its junction with Wood River. It is in sec. 17, T. 12 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1.5 miles. This is location 3 of Clark and Cobb (1972).
Geology: 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).
Workings: Surface exploration and workings only.
Age: Probably Late Cretaceous or younger.
Reserves: It has been estimated that 200 tons of high grade antimony ore could be recovered from the deposit (Joesting, 1941).

Commodities (Major) - Sb; (Minor) - Pb, Zn
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘStibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ StibniteSb2S3
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ StibniteSb2S3

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References

Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Brooks, A.H., 1911, The mining industry in 1910, in Brooks, A.K., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1910: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-B p. 21-43. Capps, S.R., 1912, The Bonnifield region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 501, 64 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. 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. 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. 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. Joesting, H.R., 1943, Strategic mineral occurrences in interior Alaska, supplement to pamphlet no. 1: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 2, 26 p. 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, 76 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:500,000.
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