Yellow Hill Occurrences, Yellow Hill, Annette Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
55° 6' 21'' North , 131° 34' 26'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Occurrences
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Metlakatla | 1,405 (2017) | 2.5km |
| Saxman | 417 (2017) | 23.7km |
| Ketchikan | 8,197 (2017) | 26.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
203025
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:203025:1
GUID (UUID V4):
13177f7b-3709-4e4e-a154-287ffa148de6
Location: This site consists of two occurrences near Yellow Hill, in sections 16 and 17, T. 78 S., R. 92 E., of the Copper River Meridian. One is at an elevation of about 300 feet, about 0.3 mile north-northeast of the top of Yellow Hill; the other is at an elevation of about 200 feet, about 0.45 mile northwest of the top of the hill. The coordinates are for the approximate midpoint between the occurrences. The site corresponds to loc. 22 in Berg (1972 [I 684]), loc. 149 in Elliott and others (1978), and loc. 49a, b in Karl (1992). The location is accurate within about 0.1 mile.
Geology: The country rocks in the area of this site are hornblende gabbro and partly serpentinized dunite, probably of Cretaceous age (Berg, 1972). The occurrences consist of sparse, thin veinlets, and disseminated grains, of magnetite and chromite in massive dunite that also contains abundant thin seams of chrysotile (Berg, 1972, loc. 22; Karl, 1992, loc. 49a, b). Samples of the dunite contained up to 150 ppm Co, 2000 ppm Cr, and 150 ppm Ni; and one sample yielded a value of 0.029 Pt (Berg, 1972; Karl, 1992). Most samples of dunite from the Yellow Hill area, however, showed no Pt content above the lowest limit of detection. A sample of gabbro contained 0.015 ppm Pt (Karl, 1992, loc. 49b).
Workings: Samples of the dunite contained up to 150 ppm Co, 2000 ppm Cr, and 150 ppm Ni; and one sample yielded a value of 0.029 Pt (Berg, 1972; Karl, 1992). Most samples of dunite from the Yellow Hill area, however, showed no Pt content above the lowest limit of detection. A sample of gabbro contained 0.015 ppm Pt (Karl, 1992, loc. 49b).
Age: Oxide minerals probably are magmatic segregations of Cretaceous age.
Alteration: Serpentinization of dunite.
Commodities (Major) - Cr; (Minor) - PGM, chrysotile asbestos
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Alaskan PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 9)
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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
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Chrysotile Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Chrysotile | 9.. | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysotile | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Cr | Chromium | |
| Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
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| Link to USGS - Alaska: | KC153 |
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