Congress Copper Prospect

The Congress Copper 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

Name: Congress Copper Prospect

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 57.73139, -136.28111

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Congress Copper Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Congress Copper Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Alaska


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENS, ROD


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): GREENSTONE LENS 25 FT. THICK IN GRAYWACKE HAS SCHISTOSE LOWER ZONE 10-12 FT. THICK CONTAINING NUMEROUS QUARTZ LENSES AND ROD-LIKE BODIES 1 IN. THICK, WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE IN QUARTZ AND SCHIST.

Comment (Commodity): NO MENTION OF GOLD.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-467, LOC. 24 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): 1 CLAIM STAKED IN 1916. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Comment (Workings): 25 FT. TUNNEL DRIVEN.

Comment (Geology): CRET-JUR GREENSTONE LENS IN CRET-JUR GRAYWACKE.


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 24 (1972)

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 929, P. 140-141 (1941)

Reference (Deposit): USGS B 692, P. 123-124 (1919)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 36 (1978)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-467-24


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