Commonwealth Prospect, Hyder Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Commonwealth Prospect | Prospect |
Hyder Mining District | Mining District |
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 45' 0'' North , 130° 13' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Stewart | 496 (2013) | 25.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
197008
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197008:4
GUID (UUID V4):
5dd730d3-3055-4c03-ad9c-6bca8c62cf91
Site is in Misty Fiords National Monument Wilderness.
Location: The presumed location of this prospect is based on Buddington's (1929, p. 111-112 [B 807]) description of the Commonwealth group of claims, which in turn refers to somewhat ambiguous landmarks that cannot be accurately located on the Ketchikan D-1 topographic map. The map site therefore is probably accurate only within about a mile. The site is in section 34, T. 70 S., R. 99 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 14 in Elliott and others (1978).
Geology: The country rocks in the area of the presumed site are porphyritic quartz monzonite and granodiorite of the Eocene Davis River Pluton (Smith, 1977; Berg and others, 1988). According to Buddington (1929, p. 111-112), the Commonwealth prospect(s) lie within a narrow belt of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that form a roof pendant within the quartz monzonite. The metamorphosed strata are several hundred feet thick and include interbedded quartzite, schist, and marble. A lamprophyre dike cuts the quartz monzonite and metasedimentary rocks. The quartzite, schist, and marble have been contact metamorphosed by the intrusion of the quartz monzonite and locally contain disseminations, seams, and small masses of quartz, garnet, epidote, pyroxene, tremolite, and small amounts of sulfide minerals. The sulfide minerals include pyrrhotite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and molybdenite, and a quartz stringer was reported to yield gold. The age of this contact metamorphic (skarn) deposit probably is Eocene, roughly contemporaneous with the emplacement of the Davis River Pluton. The prospect was explored in the early 1900s by an 80-foot adit and an 11-foot adit.
Workings: The prospect was explored in the early 1900s by opencuts, an 80-foot adit, and an 11-foot adit.
Age: Eocene?
Alteration: Weathered pyrrhotite gives a rusty color to the surface outcrop.
Commodities (Major) - Au?, Cu, Mo, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Cu skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b)
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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
6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
β Gold Formula: Au |
β Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
β | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | β Molybdenite | MoS2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | β Gold | Au |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | KC014 |
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