Wilson Point Prospect, Copper River Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Wilson Point Prospect | Prospect |
Copper River Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 39' 36'' North , 145° 40' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Cordova | 2,196 (2017) | 13.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
202956
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202956:9
GUID (UUID V4):
fa4bc40d-3895-4481-9d29-2d29903f9967
Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands.
Location: This occurrence is on the north shore of Nelson Bay, about 1000 feet northeast of VABM Bluff. It is in the W1/2 sec. 13, T. 14 S., R. 3 W., of the Copper River Meridian. Site location accurate to within 0.5 mile. Site corresponds to loc. 24 in Cobb (1972: MF-392). It also corresponds to loc. C-28 in Jansons and others (1984), but their plotted position of the site is in error.
Geology: The Wilson Point prospect is in graywacke and slate of the Tertiary Orca Group (Nelson and others, 1985). Schrader (1900) reported numerous quartz stringers having assay values of 1.25 oz. Au/ton and 3 oz. Ag/ton. Jansons and others (1984) report a four-foot-wide, 20-foot-long quartz-cemented graywacke breccia. Analyses of their samples showed <0.03 ppm to 0.05 ppm Au and <0.1 ppm Ag. However, their site location does not agree with that of earlier reports.
Workings: Minor surface sampling (Schrader, 1900). Analyses of recent samples showed <0.03 ppm to 0.05 ppm Au and <0.1 ppm Ag (Jansons and others, 1984).
Age: Tertiary based on the age of the mineralizing event (Goldfarb and others, 1992).
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Bliss, 1992; Goldfarb and others, 198
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | CV043 |
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