Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - BD043; headwaters of Rick's Creek), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USAi

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Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - BD043; headwaters of Rick's Creek)	- not defined -
Fairbanks Mining District	Mining District
Fairbanks North Star Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: An occurrence noted by Albanese (1984) is located on a ridge in the headwaters of Rick's Creek (BD036). The occurrence is in SW1/4 section 9, T. 1 S., R. 14 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This occurrence is situated approximately 1 mile from another occurrence in the headwaters of Rick's Creek (BD041). It was not identified as a separate location by Cobb (1972) or by Cobb and Eberlein (1980).
Geology: The occurrence noted by Albanese (1984) included the analysis of three samples: 1) a sulfide zone containing arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. A rock sample from a trench in a garnet-diopside skarn contained 518 ppm Cu, 39 ppm Pb, 436 ppm Zn, 0.1 ppm Au, 1.3 ppm Ag, 1 ppm Mo, 222 ppm Sb, 20 ppm Sn, 60 ppm W, greater than 19,800 ppm As, and 686 ppm Mn; 2) an arsenopyrite-, chalcopyrite-, and pyrite-bearing calc-silicate contained 64 ppm Cu, 4 ppm Pb, 50 ppm Zn, 0.1 ppm Au, 0.4 ppm Ag, 2 ppm Mo, 10 ppm Sb, 4 ppm Sn, 900 ppm W, 213 ppm As, and 1,360 Mn; and 3) an arsenopyrite and pyrite bearing calc-silicate contained 462 ppm Cu, 34 ppm Pb, 37 ppm Zn, 4.3 ppm Ag, 1 ppm Mo, 4 ppm Sn, 450 ppm W, 818 ppm As, and 364 ppm Mn. Weber and others (1978) describe the regional bedrock as quartzite, slate, calc-phyllite and marble. The occurrence is located near the contact of a Tertiary to Cretaceous granodiorite to quartz monzonite intrusion.
Workings: Menzie and Foster (1979) noted the mineral occurrence during geologic mapping.

Commodities (Major) - W; (Minor) - Ag, As, Au, Cu, Mn, Sb, Zn
Development Status: Undetermined.
Deposit Model: Skarn

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