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Surprise Creek; Laddie; Sheehan; Hubbard Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Surprise Creek; Laddie; Sheehan; Hubbard Prospect | Prospect |
| Chistochina Mining District | Mining District |
| Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 44' 27'' North , 143° 48' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This prospect is on the small ridge between Surprise and Sunshine creeks. It is at an elevation of about 3,700 feet, 1,000 feet northeast of the center of section 32, T. 1 S., R. 9 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 173 of MacKevett (1976) and locality 4 of MacKevett and others (1978). The location is accurate to within about 100 feet. Cobb and MacKevett (1980) included this prospect under the name 'Surprise Cr.'.
Geology: The deposit at this prospect consists of discontinuous quartz-calcite veins up to 8 feet thick, but commonly much thinner, that are localized along a shear zone (Moffit and Maddren, 1909; Moffit and Mertie, 1923; MacKevett, 1976). The veins contain chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. The veins mostly cut Triassic Nikolai Greenstone although most of the country rock in the area is Jurassic granitic rock (MacKevett and others, 1978). A few short adits and numerous open cuts explore this deposit. A total of six claims were once staked end-to-end along the mineralized shear zone.
Workings: A few short adits and numerous open cuts explore this deposit. A total of six claims were once staked end-to-end along the mineralized shear zone.
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Vein
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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
6 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | MC019 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Wrangell MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Wrangellia DomainVolcanic Arc
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