Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC017; north of Kotsina River), Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC017; north of Kotsina River) | - not defined - |
Chistochina Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 44' 49'' North , 143° 46' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
201019
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201019:2
GUID (UUID V4):
4ac000b9-ab91-4288-be16-b5f2183135ee
The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This occurrence is on the west valley wall of the north headwater fork of the Kotsina River. It is at an elevation of about 3,300 feet in the SW1/4 of section 27, T. 1 S., R. 9 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 174 of MacKevett (1976); the location is accurate to within about 1,000 feet.
Geology: This occurrence consists of widely-spaced quartz veinlets that cut Triassic Nikolai Greenstone near a contact with Jurassic granitic rocks (MacKevett, 1976; MacKevett and others, 1978). A sample of the veins contained 300 parts per million (ppm) molybdenum, 700 ppm chromium, and more than 1 percent titanium.
Workings: Only limited surface sampling.
Age: Triassic or younger based on the age of the host rocks.
Commodities (Major) - Mo; (Minor) - Cr, Ti
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Vein
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | MC017 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Wrangell MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Wrangellia DomainDomain
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