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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SK017; west of Rendu Glacier), Juneau District, Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska, USA

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 59° 1' 48'' North , 136° 48' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): 59.03000,-136.80000
KΓΆppen climate type:ET : Tundra


The deposit is within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve where exploration and development is restricted.
Location: This occurrence is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve at an elevation of about 5,000 feet near the top of the steep west face of a ridge west of Rendu Glacier. It is in the SE1/4, section 6, T. 33 S., R. 52 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to sample sites 65048 to 65050 on Figure C-44 in Brew and others (1978). Location 3 of Cobb (1972; MF-424), which refers to the 'Rendu Glacier' deposit, is probably the same occurrence but is shown about 0.5 miles farther to the west and is considered to be a less accurate location. Still (1991 [BOM, v. 2, sec A) refers to this as the 'Massive Chalcopyrite Deposit.' The deposit is extremely inaccessible. It can only be reached from a helicopter landing site on the ridge by a 200 foot rappel down a vertical to overhanging cliff that continues down for another 3,000 feet.
Geology: The following description is summarized from Brew and others (1978). A massive-sulfide zone is located between a 5-foot-wide epidote-bearing diorite zone grading into white diorite to the south and a 10-foot-wide section of calc-silicate rock grading into marble to the north. The calc-silicate rock is predominately garnet, epidote, and diopside with thin sulfide and scheelite veins. The massive-sulfide zone consists of chalcopyrite, augite, goethite, pyrrhotite, scheelite, and sphalerite; the augite and scheelite is replaced by chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. The mineralization probably formed as a result of metasomatic replacement of marble in a high temperature contact zone. The sulfide zone is 12 feet wide by 80 feet long. The average grade of two samples across the zone is 0.52% tungsten, 5% copper, 7 ounces of silver per ton, and 0.15 ounce of gold per ton. Four of seven grab samples from the 10-foot-wide calc-silicate zone contained from 159 to 11,000 ppm tungsten. Similar mineralization is present elsewhere in the vicinity of this occurrence, but access is limited because of the steep terrain. The mineralization is probably Cretaceous or younger in age, based on the age of the diorite that hosts this occurrence.
Age: Probably Cretaceous based on the age of the diorite that hosts this occurrence (Brew and others, 1978).
Alteration: Skarn, tactite.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu, W; (Minor) - Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Skarn, contact metasomatic (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18a or 19a).


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6 valid minerals.

Regional Geology

This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.

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Late Jurassic
145 - 163.5 Ma



ID: 3191841
Mesozoic intrusive rocks

Age: Jurassic (145 - 163.5 Ma)

Lithology: Intrusive igneous rocks

Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

Late Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
145 Ma



ID: 1697602
Saint Elias suite of Gordey and Makepeace (2003) and similar rocks

Age: Late Jurassic (145 Ma)

Stratigraphic Name: Saint Elias Suite

Description: Biotite-hornblende quartz diorite.

Lithology: Igneous

Reference: Wilson, F.H., Hults, C.P., Mull, C.G, and Karl, S.M. (compilers). Geologic map of Alaska. doi: 10.3133/sim3340. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3340, pamphlet 196. [21]

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References

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Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale 1:600,000. Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p., 7 sheets. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-424, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Mt. Fairweather and Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-316, 123 p. Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska; Supplement to Open-File Report 78-316; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-82-A, 11 p. Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska; Supplement to Open-File Report 78-316; Part B, Lists of references to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-82-B, 10 p. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1967, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 151, 176 p. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000. Still, J.C., 1991, Bureau of Mines mineral investigations in the Juneau mining district, Alaska, 1984-1988; Volume 2, Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions, Section B, Glacier Bay subarea: U.S. Bureau of Mines of Mines Special Publication, 69 p.

 
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