Goodyear Prospect

The Goodyear Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Goodyear Prospect
Secondary: Hubbard and Elliott Claims

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: R
Description: Elliott Cr. Runs Roughly Parallel To Axis Of Large Anticline

Type: L
Description: Ore Body Is Confined By Two N-S Striking Faults And A Ne Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TABULAR, FAULT-BOUNDED ORE BODY 4 TO 8 FT THICK DEVELOPED IN SHEARZONE PARALLEL TO FAULTS IN NIKOLAI GREENSTONE; BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITEOCCUR IN SHEETED CALCITE VEINS, OR ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE IN FRACTURE ZONES

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY 300 FT TUNNEL AND AT LEAST ONE OPEN CUT BY 1923, PRESENT CONDITION UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): ELLIOTT CREEK AREA GEOLOGY CONSISTS OF TRIASSIC NIKOLAI GREENSTONE OVERLAIN BY CHITISTONE LIMESTONE WHICH HAS BEEN FOLDED INTO A LARGE ASYMMETRIC ANTICLINE AND CUT BY NUMEROUS FAULTS; FOLDED AND FAULTED SECTION IS CAPPED BY JURASSIC KOTSINA CONGLOMERATE; ORE DEPOSITS ARE RESTRICTED TO MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN THE GREENSTONE

Comment (Deposit): MOST DEVELOPMENT DONE IN ELLIOTT CREEK AREA WAS ON GOODYEAR, ELIZABETH AND ALBERT JOHNSON CLAIMS; TOTAL OF 1500 TO 2000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS IN ELLIOTT CR. DRAINAGE; NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Development): ELLIOTT CREEK AREA WAS FIRST STAKED IN 1899 BY H. C. ELLIOTT AND CHARLES G. HUBBARD; NUMEROUS CLAIMS PATENTED BY 1907; PROSPECTING MAINLYBEFORE 1916 ALTHOUGH APPARENT POST 1950 ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED FOR THE AREA

Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE III, LOC. 21 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): PYRITE MAY BE CU-BEARING

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-55

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 55

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 65

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 745, P. 115-118, 120

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 374, P. 67-68, 64

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 15, P. 16-19, 25-26

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