Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE080; east of lower Slime Creek), Bonnifield Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE080; east of lower Slime Creek) | - not defined - |
Bonnifield Mining District | Mining District |
Denali Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 30' 28'' North , 148° 47' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Cantwell | 219 (2011) | 15.2km |
McKinley Park | 185 (2014) | 25.8km |
Healy | 1,021 (2018) | 39.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
200758
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200758:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0f43248a-64f5-4283-b0fc-75a28c3f2da9
Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,100 feet, about 0.7 mile east of the point at which the Parks Highway crosses Slime Creek. The site is in the SW1/4 of sec. 19, T. 16 S., R. 6 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 2000 feet. This is location 5 of Hickman and Craddock (1976).
Geology: Up to 1% bornite and digenite are disseminated in Triassic metabasalt (Hickman and Craddock, 1976).
Workings: Surface sampling only.
Age: The sulfides are probably indigenous to the Triassic hostrock.
Commodities (Major) - Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a)
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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
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Digenite | 2.BA.10 | Cu9S5 |
ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
S | ⓘ Digenite | Cu9S5 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
Cu | ⓘ Digenite | Cu9S5 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | HE080 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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