Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MH132; southeast headwaters of the east fork in Broxson Gulch), Delta River Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 20' 3'' North , 146° 0' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
201224
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201224:0
GUID (UUID V4):
db04fd65-3b3e-4134-90f5-a539f63b122a
Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 5,000 feet in the southeast headwaters of the locally named east fork in Broxson Gulch (Rose, 1965, figure 2), in the SW1/4SW1/4 section 22, T. 18 S., R. 9 E., Fairbanks Meridian. This occurrence corresponds to locality 16 on figure 2 of Rose (1965), locality 22 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977), and locality 58 in table 2 of Nokleberg and others (1991).
Geology: The rocks in the area of this occurrence are carbonate strata of the Slana Spur Formation of Pennsylvanian and Permian age (Nokleberg and others, 1991). The strata are cut by Upper Triassic gabbro dikes. The mineral deposits are skarn bodies as much as 3 feet thick that both parallel and intersect the bedding of the strata adjacent to the gabbro dikes. The skarn is composed mainly of clinopyroxene, garnet, and magnetite and contains small amounts of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite. Sample 79NK225C of copper-bearing skarn assayed 5.6 percent copper, 1.2 parts per million (ppm) gold, 300 ppm silver, and 720 ppm zinc (Nokleberg and others, 1991).
Workings: The occurrence is on active MAN Resources claims.
Age: Late Triassic, the age of the host rock.
Alteration: The skarn is dark green and consists chiefly of clinopyroxene, garnet, and magnetite and small amounts of glaucophane, biotite, calcite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and, locally, pyrrhotite (Rose, 1965).
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu; (Minor) - Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Skarn related to gabbro dikes.
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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 Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β 'Pyroxene Group' Formula: ADSi2O6 |
β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Pyroxene Group' | - | ADSi2O6 |
β | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
O | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Pyroxene Group | ADSi2O6 |
Si | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MH132 |
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