Mine detail: Slate Creek Mine

Previously called 'TaylormineAntimony Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

63.4815, -151.07567

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Ore:	Stibnite
Gangue:	Cervantite, Kermesite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibiconite
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1941
Last production ended:	1983

Geology

Host rock:	Birch Creek
Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Capps, (1919) Noted Alteration Of Stibnite To Kermesite And Stibiconite In Zones Of Crushed Ore

References

MRDS	A011251
DEP	10000636
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 687, P.107-108}{Deposit:: USBM INFO CIRCULAR 7379, P.67}{Deposit:: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4173, P. 20-28}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1246, P.229-231}{Deposit:: ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P.27-28}{Deposit:: USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P.4-16 TO 4-19}{Deposit:: ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P.23}{Deposit:: ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 33, P.25}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)