The Copper King is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Copper King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chisana
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: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Prehnite
Gangue: Zeolite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Native Cu
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Explored by two open cuts and 2 short adits. Type of workings: surface and underground.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps, 1916
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Native Cu in 6 ft thick zone of amygdaloidal basalt in the Triassic Nikolai Greenstone. Copper is intergrown with prehnite, calcite and zeolites.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Basaltic Cu
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Copper (native)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Knaebel, Jeff, 1970, Geochemical survey and geological reconnaissance of the White River area, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 21, 60 p.
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1916, The Chisana-White River district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 630, 130 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): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
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