Foster Prospect, Koianglas, Long Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Foster Prospect | Prospect |
Koianglas | - not defined - |
Long Island | Island |
Ketchikan Mining District | Mining District |
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° 49' 45'' North , 132° 42' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Hydaburg | 391 (2017) | 42.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
197529
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197529:4
GUID (UUID V4):
a343076a-14a2-4b21-b565-238abb69566e
NOTE:The subsurface rights to the land in the vicinity are held by the Sealaska Corporation.
Location: Roehm (1942) described the geology of this prospect in considerable detail but his location is ambiguous. It most likely is at an elevation of about 400 feet, close to the ridge between upper Coning Inlet and Seclusion Lake, near the center of the west boundary of section 22, T. 81 S., R. 85 E., but it may be a mile or more from there. The prospect was found with difficulty in 1952 by Glover (1954 [PE121-4]), but he does not provide an unambiguous location. In recent years, several other geologists (Maas and others, 1991; Hedderly-Smith, 1999) have unsuccessfully searched for the Foster prospect in heavily overgrown terrain that has been disturbed by logging.
Geology: The rocks in the vicinity of the likely location of the Foster prospect are pre-Ordovician dacitic metavolcanic rocks, marble, and argillite (Gehrels, 1991). Roehm (1942) describes the prospect as a quartz lens or vein about 170 feet long and 12 to 15 feet thick. The lens or vein strikes N42W and dips 75E; it is parallel to the schist, limestone, and argillite host rocks and contains numerous limestone fragments. The schist footwall is highly mineralized with small quartz lenses. The surface exposure of the vein appears barren due to surface oxidization, but a 10-foot-deep trench exposed abundant pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena. Two 5-foot channel samples showed nil to 0.02 ounce of gold per ton, 0.10 to 0.30 ounce of silver per ton, 0.47 to 1.20 percent copper, up to 0.55 percent lead, and 0.18 to 1.22 percent zinc. The prospect was reexamined by Glover (1954 [PE 121-4]), but his oxidized surface samples contained little metal.
Workings: A 10-foot-long trench apparently has been obliterated by forest growth and logging.
Age: Pre-Ordovician or younger.
Alteration: Much surface oxidation that has almost totally leached the sulfides.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Pb, Zn; (Minor) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Stratiform base metal deposit or volcanogenic massive-sulfide deposit.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | 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 | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | DE010 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Queen Charlotte basinBasin
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