Dutton Copper Prospect

The Dutton Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dutton Copper Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Dutton Mining And Development Co.
Years: 1912 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU: 4-6%, ACCORDING TO OWNER'S REPORTS, ALSO SMALL AMOUNT AU AND AG CLAIMED-USGS B442 P. 196

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Workings): APPARENTLY A SHAFT WAS DUG 1902-5-USGS B485 P. 119 (1912). 3 SHORT ADITS AND 46 FT SHAFT DUG 1904-5, BUT BLOCKED BY 1909 ACCORDING TO USGS B442 P. 195 (1912)

Comment (Geology): METAMORPHIC LIMESTONE IN CONTACT WITH GREENSTONE

Comment (Deposit): APPARENTLY NO DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1909. SMALL AMOUNT OF SILVER AND GOLD CLAIMED BY OWNERS ACCORDING TO USGS B442 (1910). NONE MENTIONED IN SUBSEQUENT REPORTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): USGS MF-364 LOCATION 5 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): APPARENTLY SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS 1902-5, NO DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1909.

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS IN BAND-LIKE MASSES PARALLELING CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GREENSTONE CONTACT ZONE CUT BY 1 IN. THICK VEINLETS OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MINOR MOLYBDENITE AND MALACHITE

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-1343A, P. A4 (1981)

Reference (Deposit): USGS B485, P. 117-21 (1912)

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-364 LOCATION 5 (1972)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-364-5

Reference (Deposit): USGS B442 P. 195-196 (1910)

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