Peak 5309 No. 3 Occurrence, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Peak 5309 No. 3 Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Hope Mining District | Mining District |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 20' 41'' North , 149° 36' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Primrose | 111 (2006) | 15.7km |
| Moose Pass | 219 (2014) | 20.3km |
| Cooper Landing | 289 (2017) | 20.4km |
| Bear Creek | 1,956 (2017) | 23.0km |
| Seward | 2,790 (2017) | 28.1km |
This occurrence was discovered by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
Location: This occurrence is located on the west-northwest flank of peak 5309 north of the lower ice field at an elevation of approximately 4,100 feet. It is in the SE1/4 section 15, T. 3 N., R. 2 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is location S-218 of Jansons and others (1984). This location is accurate to within 1,000 feet.
Geology: The occurrence consists of several parallel, vuggy, hematite-stained quartz-calcite veins containing small euhedral quartz crystals and numerous rock fragments. The veins are generally parallel to well-bedded siltstone that strikes N55E and dip 55SE. Nelson and others (1985) have mapped this area as undivided sedimentary rock of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age. A single sample of three veins contained no detectable gold, 0.1 ppm silver, 27 ppm copper, 11 ppm lead, and 44 ppm zinc (Hoekzema and Sherman, 1983).
Workings: No workings or improvements are reported in the literature. A single sample of three veins contained no detectable gold, 0.1 ppm silver, 27 ppm copper, 11 ppm lead, and 44 ppm zinc (Hoekzema and Sherman, 1983).
Age: Cretaceous or younger; the veins cut rocks of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age.
Alteration: Veins are hematite-stained.
Commodities (Major) - Ag; (Minor) - Cu, Pb, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | SR185 |
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