The Surprise Creek Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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
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Surprise Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Surprise Creek Prospect
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 49 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ACTIVE AROUND 1911
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE IN BRECCIATED VOLCANICS VEINED WITH INTERGROWN QUARTZ AND EPIDOTE; CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, CHALCOCITE AND BORNITE DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ AND COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Workings): SHORT TUNNEL DRIVEN BEFORE 1912
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS BRECCIATED GREENSTONE OF SKOLAI GROUP NEAR A JURASSIC DIORITE PLUTON
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO BLACKNEY PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 576, P. 52
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-49
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 62-63
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 58
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 49
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