Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC104; south of White River), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC104; south of White River) | - not defined - |
| Chisana Mining District | Mining District |
| Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 40' 51'' North , 141° 33' 53'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
201046
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201046:8
GUID (UUID V4):
38bf2676-1400-4b70-b986-05e0bcdc272c
The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This occurrence is in an unnamed south tributary to the White River. It is at an elevation of about 4,800 feet, 5,000 feet southwest of elevation 5405 (Black Eagle) near the center of the west boundary of section 23, T. 2 S., R. 21 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 149 of MacKevett (1976); the location is accurate to within about 1,000 feet.
Geology: This occurrence is in a 200-foot-thick altered mafic dike that cuts Triassic Nikolai Greenstone (MacKevett, 1976, 1978). A sample of the altered dike contained 1,500 parts per million copper.
Workings: Limited surface sampling.
Age: Late Triassic or younger based on the age of the volcanic host rock.
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
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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: | MC104 |
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