Anderson Prospect, McKenzie Inlet, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 19' 41'' North , 132° 22' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hollis | 112 (2011) | 30.6km |
| Hydaburg | 391 (2017) | 32.1km |
| Thorne Bay | 483 (2017) | 41.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
196273
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196273:7
GUID (UUID V4):
73b7dfe5-d9a0-4afd-976d-0b4d5defbcfc
Location: The only description of this prospect is by Brooks (1902), who located it 'about 100 yards west of the lower end of McKenzie Inlet.' For this record, it is about 0.5 mile northeast of the center of section 32, T. 75 S., R. 86 E.
Geology: The only published description of this prospect is by Brooks (1902). He describes it as a tunnel in chloritic schist that exposes a 3-foot-wide zone with chalcopyrite. The rocks in the area are greenstone, schist, phyllite, and minor marble of the Wales Group of Late Proterozoic and Cambrian age (Eberlein and others, 1983; Brew, 1996).
Workings: A short tunnel was driven before 1902.
Age: Unknown, other than that the prospect is in Late Proterozoic or Cambrian host rocks.
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Insufficient information.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | CR132 |
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