Copper King Prospect

The Copper King 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: Copper King Prospect
Secondary: Hubbard and Elliott Claims

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chistochina/Kotsina

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

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: Near Axis Of Large Asymmetric Anticline

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Strikes N 60 To 70 E, Dips S; Mineralized Thickness Of 10 Ft

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: Malachite
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite

Comments

Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE III, LOC. 23 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE MAY BE PRESENT

Comment (Development): ELLIOTT CR. AREA FIRST STAKED IN 1899; PROSPECTED MAINLY BEFORE 1916, SOME POST-1950 ACTIVITY REPORTED.

Comment (Geology): SECTION OF NIKOLAI GREENSTONE OVERLAIN BY CHITISTONE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN FOLDED INTO A LARGE ASYMMETRIC ANTICLINE WITH AXIS ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO ELLIOTT CREEK; MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE AT CU KING RUNS PARALLEL TO GREENSTONE/LIMESTONE CONTACT; DEPOSITS IN ELLIOTT CREEK (EXCEPT FOR SWAZIE CLAIM) ARE RESTRICTED TO GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK

Comment (Deposit): SEE: ALBERT JOHNSON; GOODYEAR PROSPECTS; THE SWAZIE PROSPECT, ON QUEEN'S CR. OPPOSITE CU KING, IS OF INTEREST CLUE TO THE FACT THAT IT CONTAINS THE ONLY CU MINERAL OCCURRENCE IN ELLIOTT CR. AREA THAT IS NOT GREENSTONE-HOSTED; HOST ROCK IS CHITISTONE LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): BORNITE, CHALCOCITE AND OTHER CU MINERALS IN MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE AS REPLACEMENTS OF GREENSTONE; MINERALIZED THICKNESS OF 10 FT

References

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-56

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 56

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 69

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 745, P. 122

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 374, P. 65

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 15, P. 24-25

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