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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CR183), Kitkun Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CR183)- not defined -
Kitkun BayBay
Prince of Wales IslandIsland
Ketchikan Mining DistrictMining District
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census AreaCensus Area
AlaskaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 11' 22'' North , 132° 6' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
55.18944,-132.11583
GeoHash:
G#: c1f1cwujv
GRN:
N37W56
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Ketchikan8,197 (2017)34.1km
Thorne Bay483 (2017)61.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
200658
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200658:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: This occurrence is in outcrops along a logging road about 0.3 mile northeast of Kitkun Bay. It is in the SW1/4 section 14, T. 77 S., R. 88 E.
Geology: As described by Hedderly-Smith (1999 [Inventory]), this occurrence is an outcrop of quartz-chlorite-sericite schist (meta-rhyolite?) 10 to 15 feet thick that contains 5-20 percent pyrite. His samples contained up to 265 parts per million copper and 193 parts per billion gold. Most of the rock in the area is felsic chlorite schist that is part of the Wales Group of Late Proterozoic and Cambrian age (Eberlein and others, 1983; Brew, 1996).
Workings: Only sampling by industry geologist.
Age: Younger than or contemporaneous with the Late Proterozoic or Cambrian host rocks.

Commodities (Minor) - Au, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Gold and copper in quartz-chlorite-sericite-pyrite schist.

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ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

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Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
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Feⓘ PyriteFeS2

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References

Brew, D.A., 1996, Geologic map of the Craig, Dixon Entrance, and parts of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2319, 53 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Eberlein, G.D., Churkin, Michael, Jr., Carter, Claire, Berg, H.C., and Ovenshine, A. T., 1983, Geology of the Craig quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-91, 52 p. Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1993, Report of the 1992 work in the Brennan Bay-Kitkun Bay area-Sealaska minerals reconnaissance project: Sealaska Corporation, 24 p. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1993, Report of the 1993 work in the Brennan Bay-Kitkun Bay area-Sealaska minerals reconnaissance project, Sealaska Corporation, 45 p. (Unpublished report held by the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.) Hedderly-Smith, D.A., 1999, Inventory of metallic mineral prospects, showings and anomalies on Sealaska lands, 1988 through 1998: Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska, 217 p. (internal report held by Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska).
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