Hozer Prospects, Keete Point, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 2' 31'' North , 132° 32' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Prospects
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hydaburg | 391 (2017) | 25.8km |
Location: The Hozer prospect is on a small creek at an elevation of about 200 feet. It is about 0.8 mile southeast of Keete Point and about 0.3 mile east-northeast of the southwest corner of section 1, T. 79 S., R 85 E.
Geology: In a search for massive-sulfide deposits in the area during the 1980's, industry staked a group of claims on a sequence of metatuffs with minor quartz veining, brecciated greenstone, and metabasite. Maas and others (1991) identified disseminated and stringer pyrite and sphalerite in greenstone breccia. A sample of it contained 0.302 part per million (ppm) gold, 1.6 ppm silver, 987 ppm copper, and 0.77 percent zinc. A chip sample across 30 feet contained 0.116 ppm gold, 0.6 ppm silver, 428 ppm copper, and 418 ppm zinc. A float boulder of quartz-chlorite schist with up to 60 percent pyrite contained 0.336 ppm gold and 1.3 ppm silver. The rocks in the vicinity are part of the Wales Group of Late Proterozoic and Cambrian age (Herreid and others, 1978).
Workings: Apparently only surface sampling.
Age: Probably contemporaneous with deposition of the Late Proterozoic or Cambrian host rocks.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Volcanogenic massive-sulfide deposit (Singer and Cox, 1986; model 28a).
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | CR168 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Alexander DomainDomain
- Alexander TerraneVolcanic Arc
- Queen Charlotte basinBasin
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