Ridge Top Mine, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ridge Top Mine | Mine |
| Kantishna Mining District | Mining District |
| Denali Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 45' 7'' North , 150° 24' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
199687
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199687:9
GUID (UUID V4):
5c6145f9-95e7-4fd6-9d6c-f96c28efe220
The Ridge Top mine is on patented mining claims that are part of the Stampede property.
Location: The Ridge Top mine (Hawley and Associates, 1978, mineral deposit C) is at an elevation of about 3150 feet. The mine is on the crest of the divide between Little Moose Creek and locally named Lucky Creek (MM017). The location is accurate within 500 feet.
Geology: The Ridge Top mine is in quartz-feldspar schist and gneiss in the hanging wall of a layer of quartzite. The quartzite is a unit of the upper Precambrian Birch Creek Schist (Hawley and Associates, 1978, fig. 4.1-A(2); Bundtzen, 1981). The deposit at the Ridge Top mine is geologically similar to the one at the Upper Ridge mine (MM141), which consists of partly oxidized, slightly auriferous, stibnite-bearing quartz veins that also cut Birch Creek quartzite.
Workings: Surface cuts.
Age: Probably Eocene (see records MM091, MM144, and MM141).
Alteration: Oxidation of iron and antimony minerals (?).
Production: Production from the Ridge Top mine is probably included with that from the Stampede mine (MM144).
Commodities (Major) - Sb
Development Status: Yes; small
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 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: | MM018 |
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