The Copper Coin 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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Copper Coin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Coin
Secondary: Russell Ball Copper Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limovite Is Alteration Product Of Iron Sulfides
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cubanite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE 30CM TO 3M THICK HAS VEINS OF SOLID SULFIDES AND OF QUARTZ. SULFIDE VEINS UP TO 15CM THICK.
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 379, P.90-91
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 963-B, P.72-73
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, P.65
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