The Knutson Copper Prospect is a 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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Knutson Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Knutson Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: 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
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
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN 3-8 FT THICK, SLIGHTLY AND IRREGULARLY MINERALIZED WITH COPPER ORES AND GOLD. A SIMILAR BUT NARROWER VEIN PARALLELS AT A DISTANCE OF 0.25 MILES-USGS B 485 P. 123-4
Comment (Location): LOCATION TAKEN FROM MF-364 LOC. 3 (1972). MARTIN & KATZ DESCRIBE LOCATION AS "ABOUT 2 MILES BACK FROM THE ENTRANCE TO KNUTSON BAY, ON THE NORTH SHORE OF ILIAMNA LAKE, AT ELEVATION 1300 FT". USGS B485 (1912) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): A 40 FT. TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN IN 1912-USGS OFR 81-1343A (1981) P. A6
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEIN IN TERTIARY-CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT EXACT LOCATION, PRODUCTION, OR GRADE OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-364-3
Reference (Deposit): USGS B485 P. 123-4 (1912)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-1343A P. A6 (1981)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-364 LOCATION 3 (1972)
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