Head-Of-The-Bay (Cordova - Tacoma Copper Co.)

The Head-Of-The-Bay (Cordova - Tacoma Copper Co.) is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Head-Of-The-Bay (Cordova - Tacoma Copper Co.)

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Copper River

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Inferred reserves of 800 tons @ 0.6% Cu (Jansons and others, 1984).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = One adit observed in 1980 (Jansons and others, 1984) and reported by Grant and Higgins (1910). Two adits noted during industry exploration activity in 1986. The two adits are approximately 1/4 mile apart (B. Ellis, personal commun., 2000). Sampling and analyses during the 1980s by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (Jansons and others, 1984) resulted in the following values: Six chip samples contained 650 ppm to 4.05% Cu, 3.5 to 310 ppm Zn, and <0.1 to 1.8 ppm Ag. Two grab samples contained 4.6% and 5.2% Cu, 360 ppm and 0.15% Zn, and 8.8 ppm and 11 ppm Ag.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands.

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Tertiary based on age of host rock (Nelson and others, 1985).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect consists of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in fracture zones and as disseminations in the wallrocks in interbedded graywacke, slate, and volcanic rocks of the Tertiary Orca Group (Nelson and others, 1985). Four shear zones 1 to 5 feet wide cut the volcanic rocks.

References

Reference (Deposit): Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, scale 1:250,000.

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