Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | VA |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | C-1 |
Latitude | 61.6407 |
Longitude | -144.0669 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | This prospect is located between Pouch and Kings Creeks on the north side of Elliott Creek; it is at an elevation of 4,400 feet in the NW1/4 section 1, T. 3 S., R. 7 E., of the Copper River Meridian. This prospect is approximately located, probably to within about one-half mile. It is locality 68 of Cobb and Matson (1972) and included in locality 56 of Winkler and others (1981 [OFR 80-892-B]). Cobb (1979 [OFR 79-1241]) incuded this prospect under the name 'Elliot Cr.'. |
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, azurite, and some chalcanthite. 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 Elliot 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 | (-144.068994037049, 61.6402332166214) |
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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 | Prospects in the Elliot Creek area were mostly explored with small open cuts (Moffit and Mertie, 1923). |
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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 |