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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CR022), Black Bear Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
Regional Level Types
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CR022)Occurrence
Black Bear LakeLake
Prince of Wales IslandIsland
Ketchikan Mining DistrictMining District
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census AreaCensus Area
AlaskaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 31' 53'' North , 132° 54' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Klawock765 (2017)11.8km
Craig1,248 (2017)16.1km
Hollis112 (2011)17.6km
Thorne Bay483 (2017)30.0km
Hydaburg391 (2017)36.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
200636
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200636:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The land in the vicinity of this occurrence has been identified for possible selection by the Sealaska Corporation.
Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 1,650 feet about 0.6 mile west-southwest of peak 3450 and about 0.5 mile north-northwest of the center of section 23, T. 73 S., R. 82 E.
Geology: Samples from a quartz-sulfide vein and breccia float contained 0.19 percent copper, 2.1 percent lead, 2.6 percent zinc, 579 parts per million (ppm) arsenic, 52.9 ppm silver, and 0.65 ppm gold (Hedderly-Smith and Glavinovich, 1991). The vein is in metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Luck Creek Breccia of Silurian and Ordovician age (Eberlein and others, 1983; Brew, 1996). Possibly related to a nearby or buried Cretaceous granitic intrusion.
Workings: Only sampling by industry geologists.
Age: Possibly related to a nearby or buried Cretaceous granitic intrusion.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu, Pb, Zn; (Minor) - As
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 22c).

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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
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S GalenaPbS
S SphaleriteZnS
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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References

Brew, D.A., 1996, Geologic map of the Craig, Dixon Entrance, and parts of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2319, 53 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Robinson, M.S., Clough, J.G., Green, C.B., Clautice, K.H., and Albanese M.A., 1983, Alaska's mineral industry, 1982: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 31, 63 p. Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1989, Report of the 1988 field season - Sealaska Mineral Reconnaissance Project: Sealaska Corporation, 66 p. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1991, Report of the 1990 work in the T75S, R83E, and T75S, R84E-Sealaska minerals reconnaissance project: Sealaska Corportion (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1992, Report of the 1991 field season - Sealaska Mineral Reconnaissance Project: Sealaska Corporation, 2 vols., 225 p. 23 plates. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1993, Report of the 1992 field season-Sealaska minerals reconnaissance project: Sealaska Corporation, 60 p. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1997, Results of the 1996 upper Harris River stream sediment sampling-Sealaska minerals reconnaissance project: Sealaska Corporation, 9 p. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1997, Report on the 1995 and 1996 work on the Kasaan Peninsula-Sealaska minerals project: Sealaska Corporation, 87 p. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1999, Inventory of metallic mineral prospects, showings and anomalies on Sealaska lands, 1988 through 1998: Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska, 217 p. (internal report held by Sealaska Corporation, Juneau,
 
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