Mine detail: Stepovich

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Location:	Fairbanks County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long:	64.98067, -147.36995
dep_id:	10308842
mrds_id:	A015304
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Meliphanite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Stibnite
model:	42: W skarn
alteration:	Silicified layers in the marble contain pyroxene, hornblende, and quartz (Mertie, 1917).
Reporter:	J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman
References:	Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p. Deposit:: Mertie, J.B. Jr., 1917, Lode mining in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-H, p. 403-424. Deposit:: Chapin, Theodore, 1919, Mining in the Fairbanks district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-F, p. 321-327. Deposit:: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines, 1919, Stepovich tungsten property (history and workings): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Investigations 58-1A, 3 p. Deposit:: Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52. Deposit:: Capps, S.R., 1924, Geology and mineral resources of the region traversed by the Alaska Railroad: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 755-C, p. 73-150. Deposit:: Gabhardt, R.C., 1942, Nada Gulch tungsten prospect (Fairbanks): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 58-5, 11 p. Deposit:: Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163. Deposit:: Joesting, H.R., 1943, Strategic mineral occurrences in interior Alaska, supplement to pamphlet no. 1: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 2, 26 p. Deposit:: Joesting, H.R., 1943, Report on magnetic and non-magnetic gangue in scheelite ore from Cleary Hill Mines property, Gilmore Dome: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 58-4, 15 p., 1 map. Deposit:: Joesting, H.R., 1943, Report on an experimental magnetometer survey of scheelite deposits in the Gilmore Dome area: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Investigation 58-1, 21 p. Deposit:: Thorne, R.L., Muir, N.M., Erickson, A.W., Thomas, B. I., Hedie, H. E., and Wright, W. S., 1948, Tungsten deposits of Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 4174, 22 p. Deposit:: Byers, F.M., Jr., 1957, Tungsten deposits in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-I, p. 179-216. Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Deposit:: Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-410, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1975, Mineral resources of Alaska, in Yount, M.E., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Program, 1975: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 722, 37 p. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-662, 174 p. Deposit:: Allegro, G.L., 1987, The Gilmore Dome tungsten occurrences, Fairbanks mining district, Alaska; a preliminary report: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public-Data File 85-53, 50 p., 7 sheets, scale 1:120.