The Ellamar Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Ellamar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ellamar Mine
Secondary: Gladhaugh Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.4% CU, 0.10 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS IN TETRAHEDRITE AND SPHALERITE. SPHALERITE CARRIES AS MUCH AS 4.35 OZ/TON AU
Comment (Production): SIGNIFICANT UNKNOWN QUANTITIES OF AU AND AG PRODUCED AS WELL. MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL PRODUCTION AFTER 1931 (?)
Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY PITCHING STRATABOUND LENTICULAR MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN GRAYWACKE AND SLATE. ASSOCIATED WITH PILLOW BASALTS AND DIABASE DIKE. HANGING WALL IS A BARREN LENS OF MASSIVE PYRITE
Comment (Workings): 8 LEVELS AND STOPES BETWEEN LEVELS. 4000 FT OF DRIFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 605, P. 51-64, 87-92
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 79-973, P. 19-22
Reference (Production): USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 79-973, P. 19 USGS B 849-B.
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