Paint River Copper Prospect

The Paint River 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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Site Name

Primary: Paint River Copper Prospect
Secondary: Sargent Creek In Adggs Gr 8 P. 13

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Alaska
District: Redoubt District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. Sargent And Associates
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: JASPER (1956) REPORTS SULFIDE LENSES 3 FT BY 10 FT THAT CONTAINED 7% CU: ADGGS GR8, P. 13 (1965)

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): MAGNETITE BODIES CONTAIN OVER 50% MAGNETITE VS. QUARTZ: ADGGS GR8, P. 14-15

Comment (Development): APPARENTLY PART OF THE MCNEIL CLAIMS 1911-1923, THEN ABANDONED. RE-DISCOVERED BY E. SARGENT IN 1953. CONSIDERABLE PROSPECTING IN 1950'S, ASSESSMENT WORK CONTINUING AS OF 1980.

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE SKARN DEPOSIT WITH DESSIMINATED CHALCOPYRITE; SULFIDE LENSES 3 FT BY 10 FT; AT LEAST 10 KNOWN MAGNETITE-QUARTZ TACTITE BODIES COVERING 6 ACRES WITH THE LARGEST 75 FT BY 10 FT.

Comment (Geology): CONTACT METAMORPHIC EPIDOTE-GARNET TACTITE BODIES AND MAGNETITE-QUARTZ BODIES, BOTH RELATIVELY SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS.

Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY THE SAME TACTITE BODY AS THE MCNEIL CLAIMS, MF-364 LOC. 20 AND IL-20, WITH SIMILAR MINERALIZATION. EXPLORATION STILL GOING ON AS OF 1980 ON BOTH SITES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-364, LOCATION 19; LOCATED 0.5 MI NW OF MF-364 LOCATION 20 ON UNNAMED CREEK (SARGENT CREEK) FLOWING INTO CREVICE CREEK, AT 1800 FT. ELEVATION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND SMALL SHAFTS, MOSTLY CAVED IN

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-364, LOCATION 19 (1972)

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR8, P. 1, P. 10-14 (1965); ALSO FIG 6, PLATE 1

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1368-B, P. B77 (1980)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-364-19

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