Independence; Peel and Iverson Prospect, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Independence; Peel and Iverson Prospect | Prospect |
| Hope Mining District | Mining District |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 39' 21'' North , 149° 33' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Moose Pass | 219 (2014) | 21.3km |
| Cooper Landing | 289 (2017) | 23.6km |
| Hope | 192 (2017) | 29.4km |
| Primrose | 111 (2006) | 33.4km |
| Girdwood | 2,250 (2017) | 38.3km |
Location: The prospect is located in the NW1/4 section 36, T. 7 N., R. 2 W., of the Seward Meridian, at elevations between 2,700 and 3,250 feet. The adit is located at 3,250 feet elevation. The prospect is situated on the north side of Colorado Creek, 2 miles west of the Seward Highway. The Independence prospect is mislocated on the 1951 Seward C-7 topographic map. The location of the map site is accurate to within a quarter of a mile. This is location 22 of Cobb and Richter (1972), location 30 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977), location 44 of Cobb and Tysdal (1980), and location S-264 of Jansons and others (1984).
Geology: The deposit at this prospect consists of quartz stringers that heal fractures in an Eocene(?) felsic dike as much as 4 feet wide. The quartz makes up about 10 percent of the dike and contains only small amounts of unspecified ore minerals (Martin and others, 1915). The felsic dike is hosted by Valdez Group country rock of Late Cretaceous age (Nelson and others, 1985).
Workings: Workings consist of one 12-foot adit at an elevation of 3,250 feet (Tuck, 1933) and several small prospect pits (Jansons and others, 1984). In 1979, the U.S. Bureau of Mines collected a grab sample, which assayed a trace of gold and 0.01 ounce of silver per ton (Jansons and others, 1984). They did not sample the adit because it was caved.
Age: Eocene or younger; the host rock is probably Eocene.
Commodities (Major) - Au; (Minor) - Ag
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | SR141 |
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