Wieler Antimony Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wieler Antimony Prospect | Prospect |
| Kantishna Mining District | Mining District |
| Denali Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 33' 41'' North , 150° 44' 6'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
202921
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202921:7
GUID (UUID V4):
d3803065-423e-4080-ac1f-4b50a166c80a
The prospect is in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Location: The Wieler Antimony prospect is at an elevation of about 2850 feet on the south side of the West Fork of Glen Creek. It is about 0.2 mile above the junction of the East and West forks of the creek, in the N1/2 of the NE1/4 SE1/4, section 1, T. 16 S., R. 17 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate within 500 feet. The prospect is number 75 of Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury (1984).
Geology: The country rocks in the area of the Wieler Antimony prospect are graphitic and chloritic schists of the upper Precambrian Birch Creek Schist (Bundtzen, 1981; Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury, 1984, fig. K-2). The deposit consists of discontinuous, en echelon, quartz pods that contain disseminated to massive pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and stibnite. The pods are alined NE, transverse to a high-angle, WNW- to NNW-striking, fault that controls the course of lower Glen Creek. The pods are exposed in a placer cut for a distance of 50 feet. Selected samples of the mineralized quartz contained 8.55-10.5 percent lead, 3.1-10.5 percent zinc, and 7.35-9.05 percent antimony (Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury, 1984, v. 2, occurrence 75).
Workings: The Wieler Antimony deposit was discovered during placer mining; the pit that exposed the sulfide-bearing quartz was opened in 1983 (Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury, 1984, v. 2). The property has been inactive since about 1985.
Age: The deposit is assumed to be Eocene (see record MM091).
Commodities (Major) - Pb, Sb, Zn; (Minor) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Galena Formula: PbS |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| β Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | MM080 |
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