Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC103; on lower Sheep Creek), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC103; on lower Sheep Creek) | - 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° 42' 9'' North , 141° 39' 3'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
201045
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201045:1
GUID (UUID V4):
6543d5e7-f5cb-4964-b035-e50de9d56bbe
The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This occurrence is on the east side of lower Sheep Creek, a south tributary to the White River. The occurrence is at an elevation of about 4,000 feet in the SW1/4 of section 8, T. 2 S., R. 21 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 150 of MacKevett (1976); the location is accurate to within 1,000 feet.
Geology: This occurrence consists of altered zones in Cretaceous granodiorite (MacKevett, 1976, 1978). A sample of the altered rock contained 50 parts per million molybdenum.
Workings: Only limited surface sampling.
Age: Cretaceous or younger based on the age of the host rocks.
Commodities (Major) - Mo
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Porphyry Mo, low F? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21b)
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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:
ⓘ Molybdenite ? Formula: MoS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Molybdenite ? | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MC103 |
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