The Blackney Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Blackney Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackney Prospect
Secondary: Blakney
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ore Body Is Cut Off On Its E End By Cross Fault Trending N 40 W
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PROBABLY LOW
Analytical Data: NO DATA ON GRADE
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 48 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): SOME PHYSICAL EXPLORATION; CLAIM PATENTED IN 1911 OR EARLIER
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE ABOUT 3 FT THICK TRENDING N 75 W WITH 45 SW DIP CONTAINS PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN PARALLEL VEINS 1/2 TO 18 IN WIDE SEPARATEDBY THIN LAYERS OF GREENSTONE; TRACED 200 FT ALONG STRIKE
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN METAVOLCANICS OF SKOLAI GROUP NEAR A JURASSIC DIORITEPLUTON
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SURPRISE CREEK, DIVIDE CREEK; THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE SUSTAINED INTEREST IN THE AREA AROUND TARAL CR., POSSIBLY DUE TO DIFFUCULTY OF ACCESS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 576, P. 51-52
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 62
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GC 15, P. 4
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 57
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 48
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-48
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