UCC Stratabound Prospect, Melozitna Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| UCC Stratabound Prospect | Prospect |
| Melozitna Mining District | Mining District |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
65° 24' 7'' North , 151° 13' 8'' West
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The UCC Stratabound prospect is on land selected by or conveyed to Doyon, Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon, Ltd., at 1 Doyon Place, Suite 300, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701-2941.
Location: This record represents a prospect area, informally called UCC Stratabound, at least partially in sections 26 and 27, T. 7 N., R. 18 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. For this record, the site is at an elevation of about 1,200 feet on a south tributary of Bear Creek, near the junction of three branches of the tributary, in the southeast quarter of section 27.
Geology: The country rocks in the area of the UCC Stratabound prospect consist of Paleozoic schist (Chapman and others, 1982). A Tertiary or Cretaceous quartz monzonite pluton is exposed approximately 5 miles to the southeast. The prospect was sampled in 1979 by Union Carbide Corporation, who reported up to 10 percent combined pyrite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite in quartz- mica schist (North Star Exploration, Inc., 1999 [Report 99-34]). They also reported anomalous gold and silver values in geochemical samples of the sulfide-bearing rocks. After examining their data, the company decided that the deposit was sub-economic at that time (Placer Dome, 1989). Although they reported no lead or zinc values, North Star Exploration, Inc., has classified the prospect as a potential stratabound lead-zinc deposit, due to its proximity to lead-zinc mineralization at Sox-Rainey (TN043) (North Star Exploration, Inc., 1999 [Report 99-34]; North Star Exploration Inc., 2000 [Highly mineralized block 20]).
Workings: The prospect was sampled by Union Carbide Corporation in 1979 (Placer Dome, 1989). North Star Exploration, Inc. (1999 [Report 99-34]) apparently has also worked on the prospect.
Commodities (Major) - Pb, Zn; (Minor) - Ag, Au, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: (Metamorphosed) Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 31
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3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | TN041 |
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