The Beatson Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 449 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 449 Feet (137 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.045, -147.88417
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Beatson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beatson Mine
Secondary: Mines: Beatson-Bonanza, Latouche, Kennecott Copper Corp.
Secondary: Prospects: Blackbird, Chinega
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Copper Corp.
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: 1904-1930
Year: 1916
Year: 1915
Year: 1914
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Beatson Fault Locally Strikes N 5 E, Dips 60w. Sediments In Area Oriented N20, 65-70w
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cubanite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): SILVER VALUES ARE QUESTIONABLE, PRODUCTION FOR 1916 IS SUM OF LINES 6 AND 7.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): WHEN MINE CLOSED IN 1930, ALL THEN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ORE (71.5% CU) WAS MINED OUT. AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Deposit): MAIN ORE BODY (BEATSON) IS A LENS OF DISSEMINATED ORE ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF THE BEATSON FAULT. THE ORE BODY IS BOUNDED ON THE EAST ONLY AT THE LIMIT OF ITS ECONOMIC VIABILITY, AS THE DISSEMINATED LODE GRADES INTO COUNTRY ROCK AND ON THE WEST BY THE FAULT ITSELF. POCKETS OF PARTICULARLY RICH ORE WERE LOCATED PROXIMAL TO FAULT. THE CHINEGA AND BLACKBIRD ORE BODIES OCCUR TO THE NORTH ALONG THE SAME TREND, AND ARE OF SIMILAR MORPHOLOGY AND MINERALOGY, THOUGH MUCH SMALLER AND PERHAPS SOMEWHAT RICHER (TOWARDS MASSIVE). INTERPRETED TO BE CYPRUS TYPE MASSIVE SULFIDE (DISINGER, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1984)
Comment (Workings): UP TO 10 MILES OF WORKINGS ON 5 LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 204-206, 208-209
Reference (Deposit): THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920: HOUGHTON, MICH., W.H. WEED, P. 154
Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 19. NO 4, 1924 P. 338-368
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 963, P. 63-65
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATIONS 254-256
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 137-138
Reference (Deposit): D SINGER PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 1984
Reference (Production): THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920: HOUGHTON, MICH., W.H. WEED, P. 154; D. SINGER UNPUB. DATA, 1984.
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