Main commodities | Cu |
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Other commodities | Ag; Au; Fe; Mn |
Ore minerals | arsenopyrite; chalcopyrite; pyrite |
Gangue minerals | epidote; garnet |
Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | MF |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | D-3 |
Latitude | 58.785 |
Longitude | -136.765 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | The occurrence is on a ridge west of the head of Hugh Miller Glacier at an elevation of about 4100 feet. It is about 0.75 mile east of Reid Glacier at a point about 4 miles above the terminous of the glacier at Reid Inlet. The location is accurate within 0.1 mile. The site of the occurrence is location number 50 of Kimball and others (1978). |
Geologic descriptionThe occurrence is in the middle Geickie province of Brew and others (1978). Rocks are mainly hornfels, phyllite, semischist and marble of Paleozoic age which are cut and locally contact metamorphosed by granitic bodies of Cretaceous age. At the mineral locality, pyrite-rich epidote-garnet skarn layers are as much as 3 feet thick. Locally, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite are present in the skarn. Massive pyrite skarn contains as much as 1100 ppm copper, 1.5 ppm silver, 0.15 ppm gold, 5000 ppm manganese and greater than 20 percent iron (Kimball and others, 1978, p. C248, location 50). | |
Geologic map unit | (-136.766860007316, 58.78460589459) |
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Mineral deposit model | Iron-copper skarn somewhat similar to Cu skarn and Fe skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b and 18d). |
Mineral deposit model number | 18b and 18d |
Age of mineralization | Cretaceous. |
Alteration of deposit | Marble has been converted to pyritic garnet-epidote skarn. |
Workings or exploration | There are no mine workings; exposures limited to surface outcrops. Chip samples of pyrite-rich sulfide layers showed > 20 percent iron, from 730 to 1100 ppm copper and trace amounts of silver and gold (Kimball and others, 1978). |
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Indication of production | None |
Additional commentsCretaceous-aged mineralization of a terrane of Paleozoic age. The area is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. |
MRDS Number | A013163 |
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References | |
Reporters | C.C. Hawley (Hawley Resource Group) |
Last report date | 4/9/1999 |