Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | MC |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | C-8 |
Latitude | 61.7026 |
Longitude | -143.8772 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This prospect is on a ridge along the south valley wall of the Kotsina River. It is at an elevation of about 5,050 feet, 5,700 feet northeast of elevation 6830 and 2,600 feet south of the center of section 12, T. 2 S., R. 8 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 168 of MacKevett (1976) and locality 9 of MacKevett and others (1978). The location is accurate to within about 100 feet. Cobb and MacKevett (1980) included this prospect under the name 'Larson'. |
Geologic descriptionThe deposit at this prospect consist of fractures in a fault zone cutting Triassic Nikolai Greenstone that are stained with malachite. The greenstone is locally amygdaloidal and quartz occurs in veins and as amygdule fillings (Moffit and Mertie, 1923). The deposits were explored by two adits. The widespread deposition of copper in Triassic greenstone and limestone of the area is thought to have accompanied regional deformation and low-grade metamorphism in the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous (MacKevett and others, 1997). Copper-bearing minerals were deposited in the underlying Nikolai Greenstone at about 112 Ma (Silberman and others, 1980). | |
Geologic map unit | (-143.879291764312, 61.7021384375832) |
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Mineral deposit model | Basaltic Cu (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23) |
Mineral deposit model number | 23 |
Age of mineralization | Cretaceous? The widespread deposition of copper in Triassic greenstone and limestone of the area is thought to have accompanied regional deformation and low-grade metamorphism in the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous (MacKevett and others, 1997). Copper-bearing minerals were deposited in the underlying Nikolai Greenstone at about 112 Ma (Silberman and others, 1980). |
Alteration of deposit | Oxidation. |
Workings or exploration | The deposits were explored by two adits. |
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Indication of production | None |
Additional commentsThe locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve. |
ReferencesMacKevett, E.M., Jr., Cox, D.P., Potter, R.W., III, and Silberman, M.L., 1997, Kennecott-type deposits in the Wrangell Mountains, Alaska--High-grade copper ores near a basalt-limestone contact, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 66-89.
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Reporters | Travis L. Hudson (Applied Geology, Inc.) |
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Last report date | 1/12/2003 |