Gay Prospect, Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Gay Prospect | Prospect |
Chisana Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 8' 15'' North , 142° 55' 37'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
197613
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:197613:0
GUID (UUID V4):
97dc7da8-c6e8-466c-9f3a-b6588b07afd7
The prospect is in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve.
Location: This prospect is along the west side of lower Nabesna Glacier. It is at an elevation of about 3,500 feet in the SW1/4 of section 7, T. 4 N., R. 14 E. of the Copper River Meridian. This is National Park Service locality WRST-28 (unpublished data) and the coordinates for this prospect were provided by the National Park Service.
Geology: An unpublished National Park Service map and accompanying database identify this locality as a gold and cobalt prospect. Four mining claims were located here between 1972 and 1974 as the Gay 1-4 claims. These claims may have been on or may have included the calcite vein with gold and cobaltite at locality NB041. That vein is in highly altered and limonite-stained Triassic, Nikolai Greenstone(?) near the contact with a Tertiary porphyry intrusion (Richter, 1973).
Workings: Some surface prospecting has occurred here.
Age: Tertiary? The age of the nearby porphyry is inferred to be Tertiary.
Commodities (Major) - Au, Co
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Calcite vein with gold and cobaltite?
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
2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cobaltite ? Formula: CoAsS |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Cobaltite ? | 2.EB.25 | CoAsS |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Cobaltite | CoAsS |
Co | Cobalt | |
Co | ⓘ Cobaltite | CoAsS |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Cobaltite | CoAsS |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | NB061 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Wrangell MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Wrangellia DomainDomain
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