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Moonlight Occurrence, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Moonlight Occurrence | Occurrence |
| Kantishna Mining District | Mining District |
| Denali Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 40' 45'' North , 150° 28' 8'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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The occurrence is in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3250 feet, on the crest of a ridge approximately one mile southwest of the junction of Canyon Creek and Moonlight Creek. It is approximately at the midpoint of the section line between sections 21 and 28, T. 14 S., R. 15 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The site coincides with number 64 of Bundtzen, Smith, and Tosdal (1976), 102 of Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury (1984), and 25 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977).
Geology: This occurrence consists of a stibnite-quartz gash vein in Birch Creek Schist, near a contact with the Keevy Peak Formation (Bundtzen, 1981). The vein is roughly parallel to the schistosity of the country rocks. It is less than a foot thick and is exposed in outcrop for about 6 feet. Assays of the vein show a trace of gold, as much as 0.33 ounce of silver per ton, 65 percent antimony, and 0.74 percent lead, and detectable copper, lead, and zinc (Bundtzen, Smith, and Tosdal, 1976).
Workings: The deposit was discovered during mapping of the Kantishna district by the Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (Bundtzen, Smith, and Tosdal, 1976). There are no workings.
Age: The deposit is assumed to be Eocene (see record MM091).
Commodities (Major) - Sb; (Minor) - Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Simple stibnite 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 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | MM150 |
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- Yukon-Tanana lower DomainDomain
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