Main commodities | Cu |
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Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | MC |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-5 |
Latitude | 61.3833 |
Longitude | -142.5233 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This prospect is near Boulder Creek, a north tributary to Dan Creek. It is on Boulder Creek at an elevation of about 2,700 feet, 3,400 feet southwest of elevation 4480. It is in the NW1/4 of section 3, T. 6 S., R. 16 E. of the Copper river Meridian. This is National Park Service locality WRST-211 and the latitude and longitude for this record were provided by the National Park Service. Although this National Park Service map location is somewhat distant, this is probably the Snow Bird prospect described as MC139. |
Geologic descriptionAn unpublished National Park Service map and accompanying database identify this locality as a copper vein prospect. Bedrock in the area is Triassic Nikolai Greenstone (MacKevett, 1974). Copper mineralization is common in Nikolai Greenstone and is thought to have accompanied regional deformation and low-grade metamorphism in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (MacKevett and others, 1997). | |
Geologic map unit | (-142.525355580203, 61.3828699253385) |
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Mineral deposit model | Basaltic Cu (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23) |
Mineral deposit model number | 23 |
Age of mineralization | Cretaceous? Copper mineralization is common in Nikolai Greenstone and is thought to have accompanied regional deformation and low-grade metamorphism in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (MacKevett and others, 1997). |
Indication of production | None |
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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 |