Shear Zone Ore Body, Rush and Brown Mine

The Shear Zone Ore Body, Rush and Brown Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Shear Zone Ore Body, Rush and Brown Mine
Secondary: Alaska Consolidated Copper Co
Secondary: Alaska Gold and Metal Co.
Secondary: Iron Cliff

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1923
Time Period: 1906-1923
Mined: 8800.000 mt
Material type: ORE

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1923
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE SULFIDES IN VEINLETS AND LENSES WITHIN SHEAR ZONE

Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER W062098 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Comment (Production): ORE WAS HAND PICKED. COBB (USGS OF 78-869, P. 174) DISPUTES THESE NUMBERS.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MAGNETITE ORE BODY, RUSH AND BROWN MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 347, P. 123-125.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 86-88.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 714, P. 119-121

Reference (Deposit): USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4339

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1090, P. 32, 37, 42-43, 48, 112-116:

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 165, 168.

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 433

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-869, P. 174-177.

Reference (Production): USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4349.

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