Saxe prospect, Black Bear Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Saxe prospect | Prospect |
| Black Bear Lake | Lake |
| Prince of Wales Island | Island |
| Ketchikan Mining District | Mining District |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 31' 32'' North , 132° 54' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Klawock | 765 (2017) | 12.2km |
| Craig | 1,248 (2017) | 16.1km |
| Hollis | 112 (2011) | 17.4km |
| Thorne Bay | 483 (2017) | 30.2km |
| Hydaburg | 391 (2017) | 35.7km |
The land in the vicinity of this old prospect has been identified for possible selection by the Sealaska Corporation.
Location: The Saxe is an old prospect that has not been described in a primary reference since 1926 and that reference lacks a detailed location. It is probably within a mile of the center of section 23, T73S, R82E.
Geology: The deposit at the Saxe prospect consists of a quartz-carbonate vein 2 feet thick and quartz stringers in andesite-porphyry breccia of the Silurian and Ordovician Descon Formation (Buddington, 1926; Eberlein and others, 1983; Brew, 1996). The veins and stringers contain abundant galena, pyrite, and sphalerite, traces of chalcopyrite, up to 0.07 ounce of gold per ton, and 1.96 ounces of silver per ton. The rock between the stringers contains disseminated pyrite and many fractures are filled with quartz and pyrrhotite. The workings consist of a small cut about 10 feet wide. There is no record of production.
Workings: Only a 10-foot-wide cut.
Age: Unknown, other than that the vein cuts Silurian or Ordovician rocks.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Co, Pb, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
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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
6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| 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 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | CR021 |
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