Solars Occurrence, Hope Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Solars Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Hope Mining District | Mining District |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
60° 28' 36'' North , 149° 15' 18'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Moose Pass | 219 (2014) | 6.4km |
| Primrose | 111 (2006) | 11.5km |
| Bear Creek | 1,956 (2017) | 35.6km |
| Seward | 2,790 (2017) | 42.7km |
| Girdwood | 2,250 (2017) | 52.0km |
The 1994 USGS B-7 topographic map labelled this occurrence as a mine, but there is no reported production or known workings.
Location: The occurrence is located on the north-northeast flank of Solars Mountain above the south shore of Grant Lake at an elevation of 1,100 feet. It in the S1/2 section 34, T. 5 N., R. 1 E., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 69 of Cobb and Tysdal (1980) and location S-228 of Jansons and others (1984). This location is accurate to within 300 feet.
Geology: The host rock at this site is slate of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age (Tysdal, 1978 [MF-880-A]). The occurrence consists of gold-bearing quartz veins that parallel the cleavage of the slate, which has a general northwest strike and dips steeply Hoekzema and Sherman, 1983). There are no published assay results.
Workings: No workings or improvements are reported in the literature. There are no published assay results.
Age: Cretaceous or younger; the veins cut rocks of the Valdez Group of Late Cretaceous age.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
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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 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | SR208 |
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