Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TK067; on Kosina Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TK067; on Kosina Creek) | - not defined - |
| Valdez Creek Mining District | Mining District |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 43' 51'' North , 147° 57' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
MAS/MIL number 20760047.
Location: This placer prospect is at an elevation of about 2,200 feet on Kosina Creek below the junction with Gilbert Creek. The location is accurate to within 1/4 mile. This is locality B26 of Kurtak and others (1992). Also known as the Watana Rainbow prospect.
Geology: This gold placer prospect is in alluvial gravel deposits that conceal a fault contact between Lower to Middle Jurassic amphibolite and Pennsylvanian(?) and Lower Permian basaltic and andesitic metavolcanic rocks (Csejtey and others, 1978). The gravel contains many large granitic boulders; this makes sampling and mining potentially difficult (Kurtak and others, 1992). Placer samples, which contain abundant magnetite, contain up to 0.0006 ounce of gold per cubic yard.
Workings: Placer sampling by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (Kurtak and others, 1992).
Age: Quaternary placer.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | TK067 |
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