Latitude: 61°37'9"N
Longitude: 143°9'28"W
The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This occurrence is on the west valley wall of Kennicott Glacier. It is at an elevation of about 4,300 feet, 1,300 feet north of elevation 5780 and 1,000 feet west-southwest of the center of section 12, T. 3 S., R. 12 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 120 of MacKevett (1976); the location is accurate to within about 500 feet.
Geology: This occurrence consists of a thin, antimony-bearing vein that cuts Triassic Chitistone Limestone (MacKevett, 1972, 1976). A sample of the vein contained 2,000 parts per million antimony.
Workings: Only limited surface sampling.
Age: Triassic or younger; the age of the host rock is Late Triassic but this antimony-bearing deposit could be related to Tertiary igneous activity in the region.
Commodities (Major) - Sb
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Antimony vein
References
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-979, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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