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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Au; W
Ore minerals gold; scheelite; wolframite
Gangue minerals quartz; tourmaline

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale TL
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale B-6
Latitude 62.483
Longitude -152.694
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Location and accuracy Reed and others (1978, locality 16) show this occurrence 19.5 miles east-southeast from Shellabarger Pass, in the southwest quarter of Section 30, T. 28 N., R. 18 W., of the Seward Meridian. Located at about 4200 feet elevation on the east side of the Shadows Glacier the occurrence is within the Denali National Park and Preserve.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks (KJs) exhibit calc-silicate (skarn) alteration and are cut by a quartz- tourmaline-wolframite-scheelite vein 10 to 20 centimeters wide; the vein contains trace gold (Reed and others, 1978). The occurrence is within the thermal aureole of the Tertiary Cathedral pluton (Tmc), a biotite- muscovite granite that is part of the 52.3 to 56.2 m.y. McKinley sequence (Reed and Nelson, 1980).
Geologic map unit (-152.696231823215, 62.4824263135)
Mineral deposit model W veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 15a).
Mineral deposit model number 15a
Age of mineralization Tertiary; mineralization is interpreted to be linked to the Tertiary Cathedral pluton (Tmc), a biotite- muscovite granite that is part of the 52.3 to 56.2 m.y. McKinley sequence (Reed and Lanphere, 1972; Reed and Nelson, 1980).
Alteration of deposit Development of calc-silicate (skarn) mineral assemblage in country rocks (Reed and others, 1978).

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration Reconnaissance mapping, prospecting, stream silt, and rock sampling are all that have been done here. The quartz-tourmaline-wolframite-scheelite vein, 10 to 20 centimeters wide, contains trace gold (Reed and others, 1978).
Indication of production None

Additional comments

This occurrence is within the Denali National Park and Preserve.

References

MRDS Number A011568

References

C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 277 p., 12 sheets.
Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of reference to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-884, 106 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reed, B.L., and Lanphere, M.A., 1972, Generalized geologic map of the Alaska-Aleutian range batholith showing potassium-argon ages of the plutonic rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-372, 2 sheets, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters Madelyn A. Millholland (Millholland & Associates)
Last report date 8/10/1998