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Unnamed (near Cape Resurrection)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Cadmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000436
MRDS ID A010603
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Cape Resurrection)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.28059, 59.88063 (WGS84)
Relative position The occurrence is located on the beach about 3/4 mile north of Cape Resurrection in section 33, T. 3 S., R. 1 E., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 110 of Tysdal (1978) and is accurate to within one quarter of a mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blying Sound D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Blying Sound NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blying Sound(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Resurrection River-Frontal Resurrection Bay(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Cadmium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = unknown zinc mineral
  • Ore Material = unknown zinc mineral

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None reported.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 90
USGS model code 24a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Mark3 model number 11

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.28059, 59.88063
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The host rock is Upper Cretaceous sheeted basalt of the Valdez Group that has been sheared and brecciated (Tysdal, 1978). The shear and breccia zone is 0.6 meters wide and contains quartz, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena. Analysis showed 3 ppm silver, 70 ppm cadmium, 1,500 ppm copper, 3,000 ppm lead, and 9,200 ppm zinc. Tysdal (1978) considers this occurrence to be a volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit.
  • Age = Cretaceous or younger; breccia zone in Cretaceous basalt.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Seward

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A hand sample contained 3 PPM silver, 70 ppm cadmium, 1500 ppm copper, 3000 ppm lead, and 9,200 PPM Zn (Tysdal, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H. and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p.

  • Deposit

    Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Tysdal, 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JAN-1999 Jeff A. Huber U.S. Geological Survey

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