Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SP012; head Lucky Six Creek near Gull Pass), Noatak Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
67° 36' 36'' North , 154° 48' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
202424
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202424:3
GUID (UUID V4):
fc2f7f2c-c520-4e40-a4e3-00b14dcf57ac
Located within Gates of the Arctic National Park.
Location: The site is based on early descriptions (Schrader 1904) of several mineral occurrences and minor placer gold production on Lucky Six Creek. The prospects were apparently not visited by Schrader, whose descriptions were but are based on reports of prospectors. Their exact location cannot now be determined. The map site is near the head of Lucky Six Creek, 0.5 miles west of Gull Pass in the NE1/4 of sec. 33, T. 26 N., R. 18 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate to within 2000 ft. The site corrseponds to locality 28 in Grybeck and Nelson (1981).
Geology: Schrader (1904) reported that six or more quartz veins, 10 to 75 ft. thick occur in a belt 6 miles long. The veins contain pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite, and stibnite; they were reported to have been discovered in 1902-1903 by prospectors in the vicinity. The country rock in the area is marble interlayered with chlorite schist of the Devonian and Silurian Skajit Limestone (Nelson and Grybeck, 1980).
Workings: Minor prospecting and exploration in the early 1900s.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu, Sb
Development Status: Undetermined.
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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
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| β Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | SP012 |
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