The Disk I. 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
Disk I. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Disk I.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Surface Weathering Of Chalcopyrite To Malachite And Azurite
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT
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 WITH CRUSHED GREENSTONE RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ AND EPIDOTE CARRIES SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 211
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 196
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 72.
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