Unnamed (3850 Nunatak west of Tarr Inlet) (ARDF #MF047) Cu

Unnamed (3850 Nunatak west of Tarr Inlet)

Occurrence, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Cu
Other commodities	Ag; Zn
Ore minerals	chalcopyrite; pyrite; pyrrhotite
Gangue minerals	quartz

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	MF
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale	D-3
Latitude	58.954
Longitude	-136.992
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Location and accuracy	The occurrence is on a nunatak on a 3850-foot largely ice-mantled mountain two miles southwest of Tarr Inlet and three miles northwest of the point between Johns Hopkins Inlet and Tarr Inlet. It is in the NE 1/4 of section 1, T. 34 S., R. 50 E., of the Copper River Meridian and is located within 0.25 mile accuracy. The location is number 27 of Kimball and others (1978).

Geologic setting

Geologic description The occurrence area is extensively ice-mantled. Generally it is in an area where the country rocks are volcanic rocks of Permian age intruded by granitic rocks of Cretaceous age (Brew and others, 1978). At the occurrence, skarn-like pods of massive sulfide as much as 0.5 foot across occur in marble and volcanic rocks at a granitic contact. Silicate minerals in the skarn include actinolite, chlorite, diopside, epidote, and garnet. The sulfides are mainly pyrite and pyrrhotite, and minor chalcopyrite. Chip samples (Kimball and others, 1978, table C37, location 27) contained as much as 770 ppm copper, 190 ppm zinc, and 1.5 ppm silver.
Geologic map unit	(-136.99388681864, 58.9535934613347)
Mineral deposit model	Skarn, massive sulfide -- similar to porphyry copper, skarn related (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18a).
Mineral deposit model number	18a
Age of mineralization	Tertiary.
Alteration of deposit	Skarn developed in calc-magnesian rocks. Skarn minerals include garnet and epidote.

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration	Surface occurrence only; samples of massive sulfide pods as much as 0.5 foot thick contained anomalous amounts of copper, zinc, and silver (Kimball and others, 1978, table C37, number 27).
Indication of production	None
Additional comments Extensive ice cover which could conceal skarn- or porphyry copper-type deposits. The occurrence is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

References

MRDS Number	A013146
References Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p., 7 sheets. Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.
Reporters	C.C. Hawley (Hawley Resource Group)
Last report date	4/9/1999