Radovan Group: Binocular claims

The Radovan Group: Binocular claims is a copper and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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