Antimony Ridge Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Antimony Ridge Prospect | Prospect |
Fairbanks Mining District | Mining District |
Fairbanks North Star Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 59' 24'' North , 147° 45' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Fox | 417 (2011) | 7.5km |
Farmers Loop | 4,853 (2017) | 9.5km |
College | 12,964 (2011) | 14.9km |
Fairbanks | 32,325 (2017) | 17.0km |
Ester | 2,422 (2011) | 20.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
196290
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196290:4
GUID (UUID V4):
98deb7fe-0395-4c03-aa20-b513dfaf4c00
Location: The Antimony Ridge prospect is located in the W1/2NE1/4 sec. 21, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is near the top of the hill just south of the road at mile 4 on the Old Murphy Dome Road. This prospect is locality 22 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).
Geology: A shaft was sunk on stibnite-bearing breccia associated with a northeast-trending reverse fault that cuts schistose quartzite and mica schist (Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D14). The vein trends N. 47 E., dipping 60 SE. (Pilkington and others, 1969). Stibnite occurs as lenses or nodules surrounded by sheared material. Channel samples across the vein range from 3.4 to 69.0 ppm gold with an average value of 16.1 ppm (Pilkington and others, 1969).
Workings: A shaft of unknown depth was reported (Chapman and Foster, 1969).
Commodities (Major) - Sb; (Minor) - Au
Development Status: Undetermined
Deposit Model: Simple Sb deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | FB080 |
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