The Emerick Prospect is a nickel and copper mine located in Alaska.
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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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Emerick Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emerick Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Delta River
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ADGGS GR 14, P. 46
Analytical Data: NO AU OR AG
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM ASSAY VALVES: 2.68% CU, 14.02% NI
Analytical Data: UNWEIGHTED AVERAGES: 1.14% CU, 3.99% NI
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pentlandite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL LENSES OF PYRRHOTITE, PENTLANDITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE IN SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE; LENSES 10-20 FT LONG, MAXIMUM 10 FT WIDE; ALSO SULFIDES DISSEMINATED IN GABBRO DIKE CUTTING PERIDOTITE
Comment (Location): BEST LOCATION: ADGGS GR 14, FIGURE 4, LOC. 1 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1950'S TRENCHING, MAPPING AND SAMPLING BY NEWMONT MINING CO. IN 1962; BENEFICIATION STUDIES UNSUCCESSFUL; COVERED BY ACTIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1974
Comment (Geology): DISSEMINATED SULPHIDES WERE PROBABLY FORMED FROM IMMISCIBLE LIQUID DROPLETS IN LATE FRACTION OF PERIDOTITIC MAGMA FROM WHICH THE GABBRO DIKE WAS CRYSTALLIZED; SULPHIDE LENSES COULD HAVE BEEN FORMED BY MIGRATION OF LATE STAGE IMMISCIBLE FLUID INTO FRACTURES AND SHEARS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: BEE MINING CO. PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 2, P. 67
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 14, P. 21-25
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 16
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 38, LOC. 29
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