Water Level Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Water Level Prospect | Prospect |
| Kantishna Mining District | Mining District |
| Denali Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 32' 13'' North , 150° 56' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
202836
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202836:4
GUID (UUID V4):
06848db9-02b2-4e45-833b-89181b8a57b6
The prospect is in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Location: The Water Level prospect, on a patented claim, is at an elevation of almost 2000 feet in the canyon of Eureka Creek, about one mile above its mouth. It is in the SE1/4 SE1/4 section 12, T. 16 S., R. 18 W, Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate within 500 feet. The prospect is number 21 of Hawley and Associates (1978), 32 of Bundtzen (1981), and 37 of Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury (1984).
Geology: The country rock at the Water Level prospect is south-dipping quartzitic schist of the Birch Creek Schist (Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury, 1984, fig. K-2). The deposit consists of mineralized quartz-siderite veins. Davis (1923, p. 130) described a 3-foot-thick, galena-bearing vein that assayed 30 to 40 ounces of silver per ton. Bundtzen (1981, location 32) described a vein that strikes ENE and dips steeply to the NW. It is 3 to 6 feet thick, strongly sheared and oxidized, and contains galena, pyrite(?), cerussite, and limonite. Float near or at the prospect assaayed up to about 77 ounces of silver per ton (Seraphim, 1962), and Hawley and Associates (1978) collected a soil sample that assayed about 0.1 ounce of gold per ton.
Workings: Most of the work at the prospect appears to have been done before 1922 (Davis, 1923). Moneta-Porcupine prospected at and near the prospect in 1960, and the prospect was examined by Bundtzen (1981). Little work has been done since 1922.
Age: The deposit is assumed to be Eocene (see record MM091).
Alteration: Surface oxidation of iron and lead minerals.
Commodities (Major) - Ag; (Minor) - Au, Cu, Pb
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
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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
5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS |
| β 'Limonite' |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| β 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| β | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| β | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | β Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | β Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | β Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | MM126 |
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