Lindfors Prospect, Nome Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lindfors Prospect | Prospect |
| Nome Mining District | Mining District |
| Nome Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 46' 46'' North , 165° 10' 58'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nome | 3,806 (2018) | 32.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
198516
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198516:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0fb9c7da-1f7a-456d-94ed-91057694ef37
Location: The Lindfors prospect is in Rocky Mountain Creek, an east tributary to upper Nome River, at an elevation of about 650 feet. It is locality 9 of Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) and included in locality 32 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The prospect is located to within about 500 feet mile of the coordinates.
Geology: Hummel (1962 [MF 248]) identified the Lindfors prospect as an antimony occurrence. The ore mineral is assumed to be stibnite, possibly with quartz and some gold values, in veins that cross-cut metasedimentary rocks. The prospect is in calcareous schist about 200 feet structurally below an intercalated massive marble (Hummel, 1962 [MF 248]).
Workings: The Rocky Mountain Creek area was prospected for scheelite and other strategic minerals during World War II. Various prospects along the creek were described by Coats (1944) and by Anderson (1947). Some exploration pits or trenches are probably present.
Age: Probably mid-Cretaceous or younger if a vein occurrence.
Commodities (Major) - Sb; (Minor) - Au (?)
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Antimony-bearing vein (?) in metasedimentary rocks.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Quartz ? Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Stibnite ? Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Stibnite ? | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz ? | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | NM080 |
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