The Unnamed (Christian Creek) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (Christian Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (Christian Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Possible development of silica-rich layers; formation of white mica; bleaching of marble; oxidation.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The prospect is a copper-bearing mineral occurrence contained within calcareous metasedimentary rocks (Hummel,1962 [MF 248]). It appears to be on the north or hanging wall side of the same fault structure that is adjacent to a nearby scheelite prospect (NM075). The prospect belongs to the same class of stratabound copper deposits as those at Copper Creek (NM053) and Copper Mountain (NM054) identified by Hummel (1975) as occurrences or prospects in silicified marble, that contain visible sulfide or other ore minerals.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A surface prospect pit or trench may be present.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = copper carbonates
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Proterozoic, early Paleozoic, or mid-Cretaceous.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hummel, 1962 (MF 248)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Carbonate-hosted, copper-bearing silica-rich rock.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = copper carbonates
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1975, Mineral deposits and occurrences, and associated altered rocks, in southwest Seward Peninsula, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-2, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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