The Mountain Boy 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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Mountain Boy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Boy Prospect
Secondary: Montana Boy
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO DATA
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE III, LOC. 38 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): FREE GOLD WAS PANNED FROM IRON STAINED QUARTZ VEIN ON THIS OR ADJACENT BLUEBIRD CLAIM
Comment (Development): MUCH OF SMALL VEIN REMOVED BY 1946
Comment (Deposit): VEINLETS AND A FEW BUNCHES OF BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE OR BORNITE AND CHALCOCITE IN GREENSTONE; LARGEST VEIN ONLY A FEW IN WIDE; MALACHITE STAINING ALONG FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND SHORT ADIT DRIVEN BY 1923 WERE ONLY DEVELOPMENTS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN NIKOLAI GREENSTONE APPROXIMATELY 150 FT BELOW THE BASE OF THE CHITISTONE LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: FORGET-ME-NOT; BLUEBIRD ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 745, P. 103
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 947-G, P. 131
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 72
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 58
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-58
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