The War Eagle is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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War Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
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: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact metamorphism of limestone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Small masses of magnetite and diopside skarn in Triassic Chitistone Limestone adjacent to Jurassic granodiorite pluton, contain pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, epidote, chlorite, calcite and quartz. Mineralized zone is up to 8 m thick.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cu skarn
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit and Mertie, 1923
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Probably less than 10,000 tons of material assaying as much as 62 percent Fe.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Explored by 100 ft adit and surface cuts. Grab samples assayed as much as 1,000 ppm Cu and 62 percent Fe (MacKevett, 1976).Type of workings: surface and underground.
Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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., 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): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.
Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 p.
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