The Radovan Group: Binocular claims is a copper and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Radovan Group: Binocular claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Radovan Group: Binocular claims
Secondary: Binocular
Secondary: Radovan
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nizina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface and underground. Ore runs 7.0-10.0 percent Cu (ADGGS , 1983).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Basaltic Cu
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Area shows potential for large, high-grade deposits. Normal fault striking N 45 W, dipping 70 S runs about 400 ft N of prospect.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Massive lenses, thin veins and disseminations of pyrite, marcasite, chalcocite, bornite?, and chalcopyrite in dolomitic Triassic Chitistone Limestone.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Miller, 1946
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1984, Alaska's mineral industry 1983: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 33, 56 p.
Reference (Deposit): Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-943, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1983, Alaska's mineral industry 1982: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 31, 63 p.
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