The Copper King Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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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Copper King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
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: 1905
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-364 LOCATION 7 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PROSPECT HOLES WERE DUG IN EARLY 1900'S, BUT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN INACTIVE SINCE AT LEAST 1909. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE SKARNS CUT BY QUARTZ-EPIDOTE VEINS BEARING MAGNETITE; IMPREGNATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Workings): SOME SHALLOW PROSPECT HOLES WERE DUG IN EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE, MARBLE SKARNS NEAR CONTACT OF GREENSTONES AND QUARTZ DIORITE
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE EARLY 1900'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 81-1343A P. A3 (1981)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-364 LOCATION 7 (1972)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-364-7
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1368-B PL. 1 (1980)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B442 P. 194 (1910)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B485 P. 121 (1912)
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