The Rich Hill Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Rich Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rich Hill Mine
Secondary: Ouray Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Mined: 145.000 mt
Material type: ORE
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAGNETITE BODIES ARE 50% FE
Analytical Data: BALANCE IS 1% CU
Analytical Data: HEADS HAD 1.4%-2.0% CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RICHEST ORE HAS BEEN MINED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER W062471 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Deposit): LARGEST BODY IS CHALCOPYRITE, WITH LITTLE PYRITE, MOLYBDENITE
Comment (Workings): IN ADDITION TO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, THERE IS ALSO A GLORY HOLE
Comment (Geology): SOME DIKES CUT ORE BODY AND ARE UP TO 50 FEET THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 692, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1090, P. 32, 50, 126-132.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF 433
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-869, P. 171-172.
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 692, P. 87
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