Snow Occurrence, Homer Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Snow Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Homer Mining District | Mining District |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
59° 20' 52'' North , 151° 39' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Port Graham | 177 (2011) | 9.7km |
| Seldovia | 277 (2017) | 10.5km |
| Seldovia Village | 165 (2011) | 14.5km |
| Nanwalek | 254 (2014) | 14.9km |
| Homer | 5,515 (2017) | 33.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
200048
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200048:3
GUID (UUID V4):
4a594744-9d60-4b62-8af7-d0fb8bcdbac2
Location: The occurrence is located on the southwest side of the Seldovia River valley within the SW1/4 of section 33, T. 9 S., R. 14 W., of the Seward Meridian. This location is accurate to within a quarter of a mile.
Geology: Thin lens and pods of chromite within in a klippe of the informally named Border Ranges mafic and ultramafic complex of Burns (1985). Overall the klippe is about 2 square miles in size and is composed of mostly of hartzbergites and pyroxenites with minor amounts of dunite (Bill Ellis, personal communication, 1999). Chromite is found within the dunite layers as thin layers, lens and pods.
Workings: Anaconda minerals discovered the occurrence in 1982 as part of a regional exploration program on the Kenai Peninsula. Work included airborne geophysics, stream and soil geochemistry, minor hand trenching and rock chip samples. Selected samples assayed up to 35% chromic oxide (William Ellis, personal communcation, 1999).
Age: Jurassic.
Alteration: Serpentization.
Reserves: None.
Commodities (Major) - Cr
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Podiform chromite (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 8b)
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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:
| ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | SV030 |
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