Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC096; east of lower Nizina Glacier), Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC096; east of lower Nizina Glacier)	- not defined -
Nizina Mining District	Mining District
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This occurrence is in an unnamed drainage on the east valley wall of lower Nizina Glacier (MacKevett, 1970 [GQ 844]). It is at an elevation of about 2,500 feet, 1,500 feet north of elevation 2720, and 1,000 feet east of the center of section 12, T. 3 S., R. 16 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 114 of MacKevett (1976); the location is accurate to within about 100 feet.
Geology: This occurrence consists of chalcocite- and malachite-bearing quartz-calcite veins as much as 8 inches thick that are localized along faults in Triassic Nikolai Greenstone (MacKevett, 1970 [GQ 844]). The veins can be traced for up to 50 feet. They occur near a major fault juxtaposing Nikolai Greenstone against Cretaceous Moonshine Creek Formation (MacKevett, 1970 [GQ 844]). Copper mineralization is common in Nikolai Greenstone and is thought to have accompanied regional deformation and low-grade metamorphism in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (MacKevett and others, 1997).
Age: Cretaceous? Copper mineralization is common in Nikolai Greenstone and is thought to have accompanied regional deformation and low-grade metamorphism in the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (MacKevett and others, 1997).
Alteration: Oxidation.

Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Basaltic Cu (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 23)

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	MC096

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