Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MH155; head of the north fork of Ann Creek), Delta River Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 20' 53'' North , 145° 52' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Location: This occurrence is at the head of the north fork of Ann Creek at an elevation of 4,300 feet. It is in the SE1/4SW1/4 section 17, T. 18 S., R. 10 E., Fairbanks Meridian.
Geology: This occurrence consists of sulfide-bearing copper-stained fine-grained sedimentary rocks of the Slana Spur Formation of Pennsylvanian age. Pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite form pods that cut hornfelsed strata below strongly serpentinized peridotite of an Upper Triassic ultramafic-mafic intrusion (W.T. Ellis, oral communication, 2001). Samples of sulfide-bearing sedimentary rocks contain as much as 1.3 percent copper and 629 parts per billion gold.
Workings: Samples of sulfide-bearing sedimentary rocks contain as much as 1.3 percent copper and 629 parts per billion gold (W.T. Ellis, oral communication, 2001).
Age: Probably Late Triassic.
Alteration: The peridotite is serpentinized; the sedimentary rocks are hornfelsed; copper minerals are oxidized.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au, Cu
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Cu skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b).
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4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ 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 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| 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 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | MH155 |
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