Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | VA |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | C-1 |
Latitude | 61.6453 |
Longitude | -144.0779 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This prospect is between Castle and Pouch Creeks on the north side of Elliott Creek; it is at an elevation of about 4,500 feet in the SE1/4 section 35, T. 2 S., R. 7 E., of the Copper River Meridian. This prospect is approximately located, perhaps to within one-quarter mile. It is locality 67 of of Cobb and Matson (1972). |
Geologic descriptionThin veins, films, and disseminations of bornite, chalcocite, and pyrite cut Triassic Nikolai Greenstone in this area (Moffit and Maddren, 1908, 1909; Moffit and Mertie, 1923). Gangue minerals are commonly quartz, calcite, and epidote; secondary copper minerals include malachite and azurite. Some mineralization occurs as irregular pods in greenstone. The Nikolai Greenstone and overlying Chitistone Limestone are deformed into a large, asymmetric anticline with its axis approximately parallel to Elliott Creek. The copper mineralization is believed to be related to the regional mineralizing event that produced the rich Kennecott copper deposits in the McCarthy quadrangle (MacKevett and others, 1997). | |
Geologic map unit | (-144.07999441665, 61.644833161757) |
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Mineral deposit model | Thin veins, impregnations, and fracture fillings in greenstone; probably related to Kennecott-type copper deposits (Mackevett and others, 1997) |
Age of mineralization | The copper mineralization is believed to be related to the mineralizing event that produced the rich Kennecott copper deposits in the McCarthy quadrangle to the east (MacKevett and others, 1997). This event is interpreted to have accompanied Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous deformation and metamorphism (MacKevett and others 1997, p. 88). |
Workings or exploration | This prospect was probably explored by small open cuts. |
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Indication of production | None |
Additional commentsThis prospect is within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. |
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 |
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Last report date | 12/14/2001 |