Whale

The Whale is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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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

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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
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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