Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TK068; south of lower Tyone Creek), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TK068; south of lower Tyone Creek) | - not defined - |
Valdez Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 35' 35'' North , 147° 3' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
201800
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201800:6
GUID (UUID V4):
f841761a-37ba-41f1-a189-fd3b60e12309
MAS/MIL number 20760096.
Location: This occurrence is at an elevation of about 2,700 feet, approximately 1/2 mile west of hill 3105, in the SE 1/4 sec. 34, T. 10 N., R. 10 W., Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1/2 mile.
Geology: This occurrence consists of pyrite in Jurassic greenstone cut by small felsic dikes (Kurtak and others, 1992). A sample of dacite (dike?) contains 500 parts per million zinc (Miller and others, 1978).
Workings: Only limited surface sampling by U.S. Geological Survey (Miller and others, 1978).
Commodities (Major) - Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Volcanogenic massive sulfide?
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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
1 valid mineral.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | TK068 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Copper River BasinBasin
- Peninsular-Talkeetna DomainDomain
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