Blue Star Prospect, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Blue Star Prospect | Prospect |
Nizina Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 7' 29'' North , 141° 51' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
196556
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196556:1
GUID (UUID V4):
3435e048-f69e-4798-bf69-53cd87563646
The locality is in the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve.
Location: This prospect is on the north valley wall of lower Barnard Glacier. It is at an an elevation of about 2,500 feet, about 1,500 feet from the glacier,and 7,000 feet southwest of peak 7110. The prospect is in the SE 1/4 of section 32, T. 8 S., R. 20 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is locality 29 of MacKevett (1976); the location is accurate to within about 1,000 feet.
Geology: The deposit at this prospect consists of schist that contains disseminated pyrite and copper staining (MacKevett, 1976). The schist is part of the submarine volcanogenic Station Creek Formation of Early Permian and Pennsylvanian age (MacKevett, 1978).
Workings: Limited surface sampling.
Age: Pennsylvanian to Early Permian(?) based on the age of the host rocks of the Station Creek Formation (MacKevett, 1978).
Alteration: Oxidation.
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Kuroko massive sulfide? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a)
Select Mineral List Type
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:
ⓘ 'Copper Stain' |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Copper Stain' | - |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MC205 |
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