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Antimony Ridge Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 59' 24'' North , 147° 45' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Fox417 (2011)7.5km
Farmers Loop4,853 (2017)9.5km
College12,964 (2011)14.9km
Fairbanks32,325 (2017)17.0km
Ester2,422 (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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2 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3

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SSulfur
S StibniteSb2S3
SbAntimony
Sb StibniteSb2S3
AuGold
Au GoldAu

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