Chisna Consolidated (Buckeye Group)

The Chisna Consolidated (Buckeye Group) is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Chisna Consolidated (Buckeye Group)

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Copper River

Land Status

Not available

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:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Massive sulfide, Cyprus

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Metavolcanic Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Tertiary based on the age of the host rocks.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Two exploratory shafts sunk into shear zone. Samples contained 0.64% Cu and trace amounts of Au and Ag (Mihelich and Wells, 1957). Chip samples collected by Jansons and others (1984) contained 0.2% to 0.38% Cu.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Some ore shipped (Mihelich and Wells, 1957).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and SInger, 1986; model 24a)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The deposit is in mafic volcanic rocks of the Tertiary Orca Group (Nelson and others, 1985). It consists of thin films of chalcopyrite and pyrite along fractures within shear zones in the hanging wall of the Landlocked Bay fault (Mihelich and Wells, 1957).? Samples contained 0.64% Cu and trace amounts of Au and Ag (Mihelich and Wells, 1957). Chip samples collected by Jansons and others (1984) contained 0.2% to 0.38% Cu.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Nelson and others (1985) interpret the country rocks as accreted ocean crust. Crowe and others (1992; 1993) and Sainsbury (1993) discuss the genesis of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in this area.? Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mihelich and Wells, 1957

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Inferred reserves of 1,200 tons @ 0.26% Cu and 1,200 tons @ 0.3% Cu (Mihelich and Wells, 1957).

References

Reference (Deposit): Mihelich, M., and Wells, R.R., 1957, Copper mines and prospects adjacent to Landlocked Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations RI 5320, 21 p.

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): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1992, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1722-1746.

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): Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1993, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska-A reply: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1285-1288.

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