Surprise Creek Prospect

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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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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