Millet Copper Deposit Prospect

The Millet Copper Deposit Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Millet Copper Deposit Prospect
Secondary: Millets Point On Iliamna D-5 Quad
Secondary: Millet Copper Deposit In USGS Ofr 81-1343a

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska

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
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU: 0%-3.96%, AU: LESS THAN .01 OZ./TON, AG: LESS THAN 0.05-0.2 OZ./TON FROM ROCK SAMPLES USBM RI 4890 P. 7-22

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TWO MAIN DEPOSITS: NORTH DEPOSIT HAS MAXIMUM LENGTH OF 735 FT, WIDTH 29.5 FT. SOUTH DEPOSIT IS 525 FT X 30 FT. OTHER SMALLER DEPOSITS.

Comment (Development): NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND DIAMOND DRILL BORINGS CONDUCTED IN 1949-50 BY USBM.

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS TRENCHES, DIAMOND DRILL BORINGS, AND A 38 FT. SHAFT.

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS IN CENTER OF 3 MINING CLAIMS ALONG COPPER KING LEDGE, EXTENDING 2250 FT N AND S OF LOCATION. MF-364 LOCATION 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM TRENCHING AND DIAMOND DRILL CORES.

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE BOUNDED ON EAST AND WEST BY DIORITE PORPHYRIES, SOUTH BY VOLCANIC BRECCIA. MINERALIZED SKARNS IN NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS, CUT BY DIKES.

Comment (Deposit): NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-364 LOCATION 2 (1972)

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4890 (1952)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-1343A (1981), P. A7

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-364-2

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