Little Caribou Occurrence, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Little Caribou Occurrence | Occurrence |
Kantishna Mining District | Mining District |
Denali Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 46' 17'' North , 150° 29' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
198530
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198530:9
GUID (UUID V4):
ab870519-f8a7-47e7-be19-2994d908f0d7
The occurrence is in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Location: The Little Caribou occurrence (Cobb, 1980 [OFR 80-363]) is at an elevation of about 2900 feet on a ridge about 1/2 mile north of Little Caribou Creek . The location is about on the boundary between the Mt. McKinley D-1 and D-2 quadrangles. It is accurate within 500 feet. The Little Caribou site correponds to location 69 of Bundtzen, Smith, and Tosdal (1976), D of Hawley and Associates (1978), 77a of Bundtzen (1981), and 29 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977).
Geology: The Little Caribou occurrence is a skarn deposit in a relatively thin marble layer in contact with mica schist of the Birch Creek Schist. No nearby intrusive is known. The skarn is 3 to 5 feet thick and can be followed for about 500 feet. It consists of epidote and magnetite, accompanied by small amounts of pyrite, chalcopyrite, stibnite, and sphalerite; tourmaline occurs locally. Samples of the skarn assay 0.01-0.03 ounce of gold per ton, 0.01 to 0.17 ounce of silver per ton, up to 0.37 percent zinc, and a little copper and lead (Bundtzen, 1981). Stibnite, in float mainly composed of graphitic schist and marble, occurs near the skarn. Hawley and Associates (1978, fig. and table 4.1-A(2) conducted a soil survey east of the skarn outcrop. The total of Cu+Pb+Zn in soil generally is less than 700 ppm, but one sample contained more than 3500 ppm combined metals, and one contained more than 700 ppm antimony. Stream-sediment samples collected from small creeks that drain the area northwest of the skarn deposit were relatively rich in zinc.
Workings: The area has been mapped and soil sampled but not otherwise explored.
Age: Uncertain; possibly Eocene (see record MM091).
Alteration: Replacement of marble by epidote-magnetite(-tourmaline) skarn.
Commodities (Major) - Cu, Sb, Zn; (Minor) - Ag, Au, Mo
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Pb-Zn(?) skarn deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18c?).
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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
7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
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 |
ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Sb | Antimony | |
Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MM016 |
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