Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | ID |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-2 |
Latitude | 62.31123 |
Longitude | -156.70347 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is on the southeast slope of Granite Mountain at an elevation of about 1,600 feet. It is about 0.9 mile south-southeast of peak 2923, the top of Granite Mountain, and about 0.2 mile south of the center of section 28, T. 26 N., R. 40 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate. |
Geologic descriptionThis occurrence consists of a hematite-bearing, breccia zone of unknown size and orientation in shale and sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous Kuskokwim Group. It is about a mile southeast of the edge of the Granite Mountain pluton (Miller and Bundtzen, 1994; Bundtzen and Miller, 1997, and Bundtzen, Miller, and Gray, 2004). A grab sample of mineralization contained 450 parts per million (ppm) zinc, more than 10 ppm mercury, 400 ppm arsenic, 7.0 ppm bismuth, 22 ppm antimony, and 15.00 percent iron (McGimsey and others, 1988). | |
Geologic map unit | (-156.70584841223, 62.310564003679) |
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Mineral deposit model | Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c). |
Mineral deposit model number | 22c |
Age of mineralization | Unknown; the nearby Granite Mountain pluton has a 40K/40Ar age of 62.6 Ma Bundtzen and Miller, 1997). |
Alteration of deposit | Hematite. |
Workings or exploration | Samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 1986 (McGimsey and others, 1988). |
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Indication of production | None |
ReferencesBundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 242-286.
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Reporters | T.K. Bundtzen (Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, Inc.), M.L. Miller (U.S. Geological Survey); and C.C. Hawley (Hawley Resource Group) |
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Last report date | 5/25/2003 |