The Kasna Creek Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.16111, -154.05000
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Kasna Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kasna Creek Prospect
Secondary: Hardenberg
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay Region
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
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 44
Comment (Commodity): SPHALERITE AS INCLUSIONS IN CHALCOPYRITE
Comment (Development): DRILLING & TRENCHING
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL ORE ZONES UP TO 1000 FT LONG AND 250 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): CONSIDERABLE DRILLING & TRENCHING
Comment (Location): NEAR KONTRASHIBUNA LAKE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY OF AREA POORLY KNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 44
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4828
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-1343, P. A9-A10
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-485, P 39-40
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GEOCHEM REPT NO 20.
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