The Whale is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Whale MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whale
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound
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:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Schrader and Spencer, 1901
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = None.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Besshi massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24b).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock in the vicinity of the occurrence is graywacke and shale of the Tertiary Orca Group (Nelson and others, 1985). The bedding strikes N75E and dips west. The mineralization consist of stringers of and disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite within fracture zones that parallel bedding (Schrader and Spencer, 1901).
Comment (Geology): Age = Teriary or younger; mineralized fractures cut Tertiary Orca Group rocks.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H. and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p.
Reference (Deposit): Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Schrader, F.C., and Spencer, A.C., 1901, The geology and mineral resources of a portion of the Copper River district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 94 p.
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