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Top Prospect, Hyder Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
56° 2' 49'' North , 130° 3' 35'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
56.04694,-130.05972
GeoHash:
G#: c1gwb7j3h
GRN:
N38W54
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Stewart496 (2013)13.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
200399
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200399:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: The Top prospect is in Section 23 at an elevation of about 1500 feet on the west side of Mineral Hill, 0.3 mile due west of its highest point (Maas and others, 1995, p. 254 and fig. 66). The location is accurate within about 0.1 mile.
Geology: The country rocks in the area of the Top prospect are pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group; the Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite, which underlies and locally intrudes the Hazelton; and the Eocene Hyder Quartz Monzonite, which intrudes the Hazelton and Texas Creek rocks(Smith, 1977; Koch, 1996). According to Maas and others (1995, p. 254, 258), the deposit consists of disseminated and semi-massive pyrite, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite, and a quartz-sulfide vein. The deposit is hosted in Hazelton volcanic rocks and has been exposed for a length of about 450 feet. Maas and others (p. 254) suggest that this deposit is Jurassic in age, based on similarities in mineralogy, structural setting, and hostrock, to isotopically-dated Jurassic deposits elsewhere in the Hyder district (for example, see BC065, BC067). If so, the deposit is contemporaneous, at least in part, with island-arc volcanism in Hazelton time (Alldrick, 1993).
Workings: The deposit has been exposed by surface trenching for about 450 feet. Samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1992 or 1993 (Maas and others, 1995, p. 258) contain up to 48.03 ppm Au, 100.8 ppm Ag, and 10.3% Zn.
Age: Maas and others (1995, p. 254) suggest that this deposit is Jurassic in age, based on similarities in mineralogy, structural setting, and hostrock, to isotopically-dated Jurassic deposits elsewhere in the Hyder district (for example, see BC065, BC067). If so, the deposit is contemporaneous, at least in part, with island-arc volcanism in Hazelton time (Alldrick, 1993).
Alteration: Volcanic hostrocks are impregnated with sulfide minerals.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic veins

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘSphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘ'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
Sⓘ SphaleriteZnS
Sⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
FeIron
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ZnZinc
Znⓘ SphaleriteZnS
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S

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Link to USGS - Alaska:BC088

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References

Alldrick, D.J., 1993, Geology and metallogeny of the Stewart mining camp, northwestern British Columbia: British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Bulletin 85, 105 p., 2 plates, scale 1:50,000. Koch, R.D., 1996 [In press), Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p. Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p., 1 plate.
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