Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HU013; head of Dry Creek), Hughes Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HU013; head of Dry Creek) | - not defined - |
Hughes Mining District | Mining District |
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
66° 10' 29'' North , 155° 54' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Huslia | 275 (2011) | 57.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
200804
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200804:5
GUID (UUID V4):
79cb117e-6084-453b-8f9d-bf6f4e4b1025
Location: This occurrence is on the east side of the Zane Hills about 1.8 miles east of Caribou Mountain. The occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,000 feet at the head of Dry Creek, in the SW1/4 of section 10, T. 9 N., R. 14 E. of the Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate within one-half mile.
Geology: This occurrence consists of a grab sample of quartz that contains pyrite. A sample contains 15 ppm silver, 0.4 ppm gold, 500 ppm copper, 300 ppm lead, and 30 ppm molybdenum. The rocks in the area are Cretaceous granodiorite and quartz monzonite of the Zane Hills pluton. No other information is available.
Workings: Only surface sampling.
Age: The Zane Hills pluton is Cretaceous based on a K-Ar date of 81 Ma (Miller and others, 1966).
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au; (Minor) - Cu, Mo, Pb
Development Status: None
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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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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
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 | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | HU013 |
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