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Fairview

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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 10000423
MRDS ID A010590
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.28364, 59.89452 (WGS84)
Relative position The occurrence is located on the Resurrection Peninsula about 1.7 miles north of Cape Resurrection on the southwest flank of Hill 2077. The main showing is about three quarters of a mile east of the shore along a cliff in the NE1/4 of section 28, T. 3 S., R. 1 E., of the Seward Meridian. At the base of the cliff, there is a 8 to 10 feet thick breccia zone that strikes N78E and dips vertically. Higher up and about 300 feet to the east another similar zone (possibly the same one faulted a little to the north) is 8 to 10 feet thick. This is location 6 of Cobb and Tysdal (1980) and location 109 in Tysdal (1978). This location is accurate within a 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
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Cement in breccia is iron stained and weathered to gossen.

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) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Orca Group
    Rock description Orca Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.28364, 59.89452
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Tysdal and Case (1979) described the bedrock geology in this area as Cretaceous, pale to dark green, aphanitic to porphyritic pillow basalt with subordinate pillow breccia, tuff, and siltstone. ? the mineralization is hosted in a breccia that is fractured and recemented with quartz and sulfides, the breccia cement is soft and weathers to a gossen, although the sulfides are not evenly distributed through the cement. One zone 6 foot wide is particularly rich in sulfides. A sample of this material assayed 9.8% copper (Martin and others, 1915).
  • Age = Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Seward

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = No information available.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = One short, 10 foot adit was driven prior to 1918. The adit was driven in a 6 foot wide breccia zone where the cement was rich in sulfides. A sample of this richly mineralized zone assayed 9.8% Cu (Martin and others, 1915).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Martin G.C., Johnson, B.L., and Grant, U.S., 1915, Geology and mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 587, 243 p.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metalic mineral resources map of the Blying Sound quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Stuudies Map MF-440, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.

  • Deposit

    Tysdal, R.G., and Case, J.E., 1979, Geologic map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1150, scale 1:250,000.

  • 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

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metalic mineral resources map of the Blying Sound quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-440, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    Grant, U.S., and Higgins, D.F., Jr., 1910, Reconnaissance of the geology and mineral resources of Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 443, 89 p.

  • Deposit

    Grant, U.S., and Higgins, D.F., Jr., 1909, Notes on geology and mineral prospects in the vicinity of Seward, Kenai Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379-C, p. 98-107.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Martin and others, 1915

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 22-JAN-1999 Jeff A. Huber U.S. Geological Survey

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