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Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CR117), Kina Cove, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska, USA
Latitude: 55°29'34"N
Longitude: 132°31'58"W
Longitude: 132°31'58"W
Geology: Sainsbury (1961) reported about 2 percent chalcopyrite in recrystallized limestone in a stream bed on the west side of Kina Cove, and as much as 5 percent chalcopyrite in a knob of recrystallized limestone on the shoreline of the cove. The limestone is probably part of the Descon Formation of Silurian and Ordovician age. At or near this location, Hedderly-Smith (1999 [Inventory]) found a 12-inch-thick quartz-pyrite vein in an altered zone in greenstone. A sample contained 904 parts per million (ppm) copper, 2.14 percent zinc, 3.7 ppm silver, and 910 parts per billion gold.
Workings: Only surface sampling by government and industry geologists.
Age: Unknown, other than that the occurrences are in Silurian or Ordovician rocks.
Alteration: Greenstone near a quartz vein is altered.
Commodities (Major) - Au, Cu, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Chalcopyrite in marble and quartz vein in greenstone.
Mineral List
| Calcite Chalcopyrite | Pyrite Quartz | Sphalerite |
5 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.
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References
Cobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Craig quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-869, 262 p. Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1999, Inventory of metallic mineral prospects, showings and anomalies on Sealaska lands, 1988 through 1998: Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska, 217 p. (internal report held by Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska). Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p. Sainsbury, C.L., 1961, Geology of part of the Craig C-2 quadrangle and adjoining area, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-H, p. H299-H362.
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