Carden Hills Prospect, Chisana Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Carden Hills Prospect	Prospect
Chisana Mining District	Mining District
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

The prospect is in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
Location: This prospect is on the south flank of the Carden Hills. The prospect is about 0.3 mile west of the center of section 17, T. 6 N., R. 23 E. of the Copper River Meridian. It is National Park Service locality WRST-77 (unpublished data) and coordinates for this prospect were provided by the National Park Service.
Geology: At this prospect, chromite is disseminated in serpentinized peridotite ), which is part of a gabbro, anorthosite, and ultramafic complex that extends for over 4 miles along the south side of the Carden Hills (Richter, 1976; Foley and others, 1985; U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1994; MILS #0020780128). The serpentine replaces peridotite and dunite located on the northeast side of the complex.
Age: Paleozoic? This is the inferred age of the of the mafic-ultramafic complex (Richter, 1976).
Alteration: Serpentinization.

Commodities (Major) - Cr
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Podiform chromite (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 8a)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	NB033

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