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Charles

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000187
MRDS ID A010224
Record type Site
Current site name Charles
Alternate or previous names Nelson and Pitcher
Related records 10113114

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.06981, 56.05366 (WGS84)
Relative position The approximate location of this ocurrence is in the southwest corner of Section 14 at an elevation of about 500 feet, astride the old tractor trail between Cantu Mountain and Mineral Hill (Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 15, loc. 58). The location probably is accurate within about a quarter of a mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = quartz porphyry

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification and sulfidization of granite porphyry

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46
Model code 54
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu (North America)
Mark3 model number 81

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.06981, 56.05366
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks in the general area of this occurrence are pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group, which are underlain and locally intruded by the Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite. The Hazelton and Texas Creek rocks are intruded by the Eocene Boundary Granodiorite, and all of these rocks in turn are cut by still-younger Tertiary lamprophyre dikes (Smith, 1973, 1977; Koch, 1996).? the deposit (Westgate, 1922, p. 129, 139-140) consists of sulfide minerals disseminated in sheared, silicified granite porphyry that is cut by small, barren quartz veins. The sulfides are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Assays reportedly showed small amounts of Au and Ag.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Hyder

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Westgate, 1922

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins; ?Porphyry copper, North America(?)
Deposit Model Number = 22c; 17(?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1998 H. C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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