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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE106; south of upper Wood River), Bonnifield Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE106; south of upper Wood River) | - not defined - |
| Bonnifield Mining District | Mining District |
| Denali Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 43' 55'' North , 147° 39' 43'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 4,000 feet, adjacent to a north-flowing tributary to upper Wood River. The map site is in the NW1/4 of sec. 1, T. 14 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 2,000 feet. This is location 7 of Sherwood and others (1976).
Geology: The general area of this occurrence is underlain by the Devonian Yanert Fork sequence, which consists of siliceous mudstone, argillite, slate, phyllite, semischist, and impure quartzite, and minor metachert and metavolcanic rocks. The bedded rocks are cut by Triassic(?) gabbro sills and dikes (Wilson and others, 1998). The occurrence consists of iron-stained, chalcopyrite- and pyrite-bearing gabbro, and pyritic metasedimentary rocks. Samples of the sulfide-bearing rocks contain up to 172 ppm copper and 0.7 ppm gold (Sherwood and others, 1976).
Workings: Surface samples only.
Age: Probably Late Triassic.
Commodities (Major) - Au, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Besshi massive sulfide(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24b)
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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
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | HE106 |
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- Yukon-Tanana lower DomainDomain
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