Unnamed (near Wheeler Creek)

The Unnamed (near Wheeler Creek) is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Wheeler Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Azurite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Cobb and Eberlein (1980) and Menzie and Foster (1979) reported a single sample of quartz containing azurite, bornite, chalcocite, and malachite. No assay was performed. Weber and others (1978) describe the regional geology as primarily of lower to upper greenschist facies rocks with some marble, quartzite, slate and phyllite. Locally, there is an extensive cover of windblown silt and sand that ranges from 0.1 to 50 meters in thickness.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Menzie and Foster, 1979

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Cobb and Eberlein (1980) and Menzie and Foster (1979) reported a single sample of quartz containing azurite, bornite, chalcocite, and malachite during geologic mapping. No assay was performed.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Foster, H.L., Albert, N.R.D., Griscom, Andrew, Hessin, T.D., Menzie, W.D., Turner, D.L, and Wilson, F.H., 1979, The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 783, 19 p.

Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.

Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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