Baldy Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USAi

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Baldy Prospect	Prospect
Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District)	Mining District
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: The Baldy prospect is at an elevation of about 2,300 feet, about 2 miles northeast of Cannery Point in Tenakee Inlet. The prospect is 0.5 mile northwest of the center of sec. 15, T. 47 S., R. 64 E. It is location P-25 of Bittenbender and others (1999) and MAS no. 0021140010 (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2002). The location is accurate within 0.2 mile.
Geology: This prospect is at the contact of Cretaceous granodiorite with the Devonian, Kennel Creek Limestone which consists of limestone, minor dolomite, limestone breccia, shale, and siltstone (Lathram and others, 1965). The contact is marked by oxidized masses of skarn composed of magnetite, garnet, pyroxene, hematite, and minor quartz. (Buddington, 1925) The skarn contains chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Bittenbender and others (1999) collected samples that contained up to 0.29 percent copper and 240 ppm tungsten.
Workings: Three claims were staked prior to 1925; only surface sampling by government geologists since.
Age: Probably related to the adjacent Cretaceous granodiorite pluton.
Alteration: Oxidization; formation of skarn.

Commodities (Major) - Cu, W
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Copper-tungsten skarn.

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