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Nelson; Rystrom; Collins Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Nelson; Rystrom; Collins OccurrenceOccurrence
Prince William Sound Mining DistrictMining District
Valdez-Cordova Census AreaCensus Area
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 53' 32'' North , 147° 4' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
60.89222,-147.07889
GeoHash:
G#: bdz6mjh6v
GRN:
N41W54
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Mindat Locality ID:
199100
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199100:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Very little information is available on this site.
Location: The occurrence is located in a narrow valley just south of Finski Point in the NW1/4 section 30, T. 11 S., R. 10 W., of the Copper River Meridian. This is location 188 of Tysdal (1978 (MF-880-A]) and location S-106 of Jansons and others (1984). This location is accurate to within a quarter of a mile.
Geology: This is a copper occurrence in pillow basalt of the lower part of the Orca Group of Tertiary age (Cobb and Tysdal, 1980). No other information about this occurrence has been made public.
Age: Tertiary or younger; the occurrence is in pillow basalt of the Orca Group of Teriary age.

Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Besshi massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24b)

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References

Cobb, E.H., and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p. Condon, W.H., and Cass, J.T., 1958, Map of a part of the Prince William Sound area, Alaska, showing linear geologic features as shown on aerial photographs: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-273, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000. Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Land Assessment 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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