Peterson Prospect, Seward Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Peterson Prospect	Prospect
Seward Mining District	Mining District
Kenai Peninsula Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Prior to 1953 Humpy Cove was known as Sunny Cove.
Location: The occurrence is on the east side of the south arm of Humpy Cove (formerly called Sunny Bay by Martin and others,1915) in the NE1/4 of section 33, T. 3 S., R. 1 E., of the Seward Meridian. This is Tysdal's ( 1978) location 107 and is accurate to within a quarter mile.
Geology: The mineralization is within a brecciated shear zone of Cretaceous Valdez Group greenstone (Tysdal and Case, 1979). The cement of the breccia is composed of quartz, calcite, sphalerite, pyrite, epidote, and chalcopyrite. A tunnel, 35 feet long, has been run along a shear zone that strikes N32W and dips 68 W. About 200 feet southwest of this tunnel another shear occurs which has been drifted on for about 35 feet. This zone is about six feet wide and strikes N12W with a vertical dip (Martin and others, 1915). No assay results are reported for this prospect.
Workings: Two tunnels each about 35 feet in length were driven prior to 1915. No assay results were reported (Martin and others, 1915).
Age: Cretaceous or younger; breccia zone in Cretaceous greenstone.
Reserves: None reported.

Commodities (Major) - Cu, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a).

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