Reynolds-Alaska Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Reynolds-Alaska Occurrence | Occurrence |
Prince William Sound Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 0' 23'' North , 147° 56' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
199677
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199677:0
GUID (UUID V4):
18f44ef3-a549-4cc6-9716-2b675d3bb5c1
There are two prospects owned by Chugach Alaska Corporation with the same name as this occurrence; one is located near Landlocked Bay in the Valdez quadrangle, and the other is located near Humpy Cove in the Blying Sound quadrangle.
Location: The occurrence is located 1 mile east of Horseshoe Bay on Latouche Island, at an elevation of about 500 feet. It is in the NE1/4 section 17, T. 2 S., R. 9 E., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 260 of Tysdal (1978 [MF-880-A]) and location S-2 of Jansons and others (1984). This location is accurate to within a quarter of a mile.
Geology: Bedrock in the area consists of northeast-striking, west-dipping interbedded shale and graywacke of the Orca Group of early Teriary age (Kurtak and Jeske, 1986). The occurrence is along the northwest limb of a shallowly northeast-plunging antiform (Stejer, 1956). The sulfide occurrences in the vicinity of Horseshoe Bay consist of tabular lenses of massive and disseminated sulfides that conform to the stratification of the enclosing bedrock (Stejer, 1956). The ore mineralogy is fairly simple, consisting of pyrite, chalcopyrite, cubanite, sphalerite, and pyrrhotite; gangue minerals consist of quartz, calcite,and epidote (Stejer, 1956). Assay results indicate that small amounts of gold and silver are also present (Stejer, 1956).
Workings: Grant and Higgins (1909) showed the occurrence as a map location, but no description was given. There are no reported assays or workings.
Age: Tertiary or younger; the mineralization is in rocks of the Orca Group of Tertiary age.
Alteration: There is strong asymmetric sericite-chlorite alteration associated with the massive sulfide mineralization (Rogers and Hoyt, 1999).
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Besshi massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24b)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Cubanite Formula: CuFe2S3 |
β Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Cubanite | 2.CB.55a | CuFe2S3 |
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Cubanite | CuFe2S3 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Cubanite | CuFe2S3 |
Fe | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | β Cubanite | CuFe2S3 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
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