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Bibban; Bibbon Prospect, Chandalar Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
67° 52' 47'' North , 148° 43' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
196474
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196474:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Alaska Kardex No. 031-61B (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).
Location: This site is at an elevation of about 4,800 feet, approximately 3 1/2 miles northwest of the junction of Thru Creek and the North Fork Chandalar River (SW1/4 sec. 5, T. 35 N., R. 5 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian); the location is accurate within a 1/2-mile radius.
Geology: The limited information about this prospect describes it as malachite and chalcopyrite in quartz veinlets in the Silurian and Devonian Skajit Limestone near its contact with the Upper Devonian Hunt Fork Shale (Grybeck, 1977; Brosg
Workings: Claims were staked in 1972 and 1976.
Age: Devonian(?) based on reported Early Devonian Pb/Pb zircon ages from the associated Baby Creek batholith and Horace Mountain plutons (Dillon and others, 1996).

Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Zn-Pb skarn deposits(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18c)

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5 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

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Link to USGS - Alaska:CH090

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