Post Lake Prospect, McGrath Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Post Lake Prospect | Prospect |
McGrath Mining District | Mining District |
Bethel Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 7' 15'' North , 153° 31' 29'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
199482
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199482:0
GUID (UUID V4):
579574ad-dac4-4844-bc12-5824a7530f98
Geological features are similar to Chip-Loy prospect (MG032) in McGrath A-3 quadrangle.
Location: The Post Lake prospect is located about 1 mile (1.5 km) east of Post River and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Post Lake on a low, glaciated bench level in sec. 32, T. 24 N., R. 23 W., of the Seward Meridian. Location is precisely known; the reporter investigated the mineralization in 1983.
Geology: The Post Lake prospect consists of massive, sulfide veins and replacement zones that cut Ordovician to Lower Silurian shale of the Post River Formation, a unit of the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen and others, 1988; Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997). The mineralized area is about 122 meters south of the contact between the Post River Formation and a small quartz monzonite stock. A prospect map has been published by Bundtzen and others (1988). Most of the sulfide mineralization consists of massive pyrrhotite, and minor to sparse chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite. Sulfide masses vary from 0.5 to 2 meters in thickness and strike lengths of 20 to 80 meters. Most of the mineralization trends about N25W, parallel to the nearby Bowser Creek fault. Bundtzen and others (1988) reported values as high as 570 ppm copper, 302 ppm zinc, 378 ppm arsenic, 139 ppm cobalt, and 637 ppm nickel. Five chip samples taken across the massive sulfides averaged about 33.5 percent iron. Elevated cobalt and nickel values occur in the massive pyrrhotite zones.
Workings: Only surface sampling has been conducted. Bundtzen and others (1988) reported values as high as 570 ppm copper, 302 ppm zinc, 378 ppm arsenic, 139 ppm cobalt, and 637 ppm nickel. Five chip samples taken across the massive sulfide zones averaged about 33.5 percent iron. Elevated cobalt and nickel values occur in the massive pyrrhotite zones.
Age: Inferred to be Tertiary based on ages of plutonic suite in area (Solie and others, 1991).
Alteration: Ferricrete oxidation of massive pyrrhotite zones is extensive and ubiquitous.
Reserves: None.
Commodities (Major) - As, Co, Cu, Ni; (Minor) - Fe, Pb
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MG069 |
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