Main commodities | Cu |
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Ore minerals | chalcopyrite; pyrite |
Gangue minerals | quartz |
Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | PM |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | B-3 |
Latitude | 55.284 |
Longitude | -160.707 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This occurrence is located on Unga Island about 1.5 miles southwest of the head of Zachary Bay (Christie, 1974, color anomaly 83). The map site is at an elevation of about 1,350 feet, 0.4 mile southeast of the top of hill 2283. The locality is accurate to within 2,500 feet. |
Geologic descriptionThis site represents a color anomaly 1,500 by 6,000 feet (Christie, 1974, number 83), in Tertiary diorite, dacite, and hornfels (Wilson and others, 1995). Coarse clots and disseminations of pyrite occur in the diorite and dacite. Hornfels at a diorite contact contains disseminations and fracture fillings of chalcopyrite and magnetite exposed in a 200- by 200-foot area. Samples of this rock contained up to 0.3 percent copper. Christie (1974) also reported a pyritic stockwork containing 500 ppm copper. One sample of this stockwork assayed 0.06 ppm gold. | |
Geologic map unit | (-160.709040134028, 55.283168812083) |
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Mineral deposit model | Porphyry Cu; Porphyry Cu-Au (Cox and Singer; 1986; models 17 and 20c) |
Mineral deposit model number | 17, 20c |
Age of mineralization | Tertiary. |
Workings or exploration | The Aleut-Quintana-Duval joint venture examined and sampled the occurrence in 1974 (Christie, 1974). |
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Indication of production | None |
Additional commentsThis site is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation. |
MRDS Number | 10308124 |
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ReferencesChristie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
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Reporters | S.H. Pilcher |
Last report date | 2/5/2001 |