Tripp Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Tripp Prospect | Prospect |
Chistochina Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 5' 27'' North , 145° 37' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
200431
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200431:3
GUID (UUID V4):
c97e7fba-2114-44b5-b9d2-16574aadaab5
Location: This prospect is at an elevation of 3,600 feet at the north flank of Paxson Mountain about 0.1 mile south of mile 7 on the Denali Highway. It is in the SE1/4SE1/4 section 16, T. 21 S., R. 11 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The prospect corresponds to locality 10 in Rose and Saunders (1965) and to locality S89 in table 2 of Nokleberg and others (1991).
Geology: At this prospect Nikolai Greenstone of Late Triassic age contains copper minerals that occur in and adjacent to veins, pods, and amygdules of quartz and epidote (Rose and Saunders, 1965). The veins and pods are generally less than 1 inch wide and can be traced only for a few feet. Bornite, digenite, chalcocite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, and pyrite are present in a few places but generally are very sparse.
Workings: The prospect was discovered in 1962 by Jack Tripp of Fairbanks, who dug by hand trenches and pits. A grab sample of quartz veins containing chalcopyrite and bornite assayed 1.38 percent copper, trace gold, and 0.30 ounce of silver per ton (Saunders, 1962 [PE 68-09]). A sample collected by the U.S. Geological Survey contained 2 percent copper and 20 parts per million silver (Nokleberg and others, 1991).
Age: Late Triassic and Cretaceous.
Alteration: The vesicular basalt host rock is altered to chlorite, prehnite, and epidote.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Cu; (Minor) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Basaltic Cu (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23).
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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
8 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
β Digenite Formula: Cu9S5 |
β Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
β | Digenite | 2.BA.10 | Cu9S5 |
β | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
β | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 Β· nH2O, x < 1 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
H | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
O | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Al | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Si | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
S | β Digenite | Cu9S5 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Cu | β Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
Cu | β Digenite | Cu9S5 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MH196 |
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