Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM065; southwestern Buckstock Mountains), Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM065; southwestern Buckstock Mountains) | - not defined - |
Aniak Mining District | Mining District |
Bethel Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 5' 36'' North , 158° 48' 53'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Chuathbaluk | 125 (2017) | 57.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
201651
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201651:4
GUID (UUID V4):
fa15cf24-c7c3-42e3-a0b8-00f3331d6f12
Location: This occurrence is on a northeast-trending, broad ridge near the head of a northeast fork of Timber Creek, in the southwest corner of the Buckstock Mountains. The occurrence is about 0.3 mile southeast of Hill 2331. It is at an elevation of about 2,200 feet in the NW1/4 sec. 35, T. 12 N., R. 54 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: This occurrence is a large quartz vein with minor disseminated sulfides that intrudes tuffaceous sediments of the Mesozoic Gemuk group (Cady and others, 1955; T.K. Bundtzen unpublished field data, 1993). Based on rubble crop, the quartz vein strikes N20W and can be traced for about 1,600 feet. The vein is from about 1 foot to 10 feet wide. One arsenopyrite-bearing sample of the quartz vein contained 4,500 parts per million arsenic and 200 parts per billion gold (T.K. Bundtzen, unpublished analytical data, 1993).
Workings: This occurrence was found in 1993 during a cooperative study by the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and the U.S. Geological Survey in the Buckstock Mountains.
Commodities (Major) - As; (Minor) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic vein? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
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2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | 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 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
As | Arsenic | |
As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | SM065 |
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