Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - AN141; near Yale Glacier), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 11' 24'' North , 147° 40' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: Three miles west of Mount Castner summit. Accurate within half mile. Locality A-45 of Jansons and others (1984).
Geology: A 4-inch-wide quartz vein containing stibnite cuts Tertiary granite. The granite intrudes Late Cretaceous metasedimentary rocks of the Valdez Group. A USGS grab sample contained 0.3 percent As and 100 ppm Sb (Jansons and others, 1984).
Workings: Jansons and others (1984) reported a U.S.G.S. grab sample contained 0.3 percent As and 100 ppm Sb.
Age: Tertiary or younger; vein cuts Tertiary granite.
Commodities (Major) - As, Sb
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Simple Sb deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)
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2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| 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 | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | AN141 |
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