The Cascade Copper Prospect is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 600 feet.
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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
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 57.07444, -135.27306
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Cascade Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cascade Copper Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chichagof
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
Type: Surface
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: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PROSPECT WAS A GOLD PROSPECT, BUT NO MENTION OF ANY GOLD FOUND IS MADE IN B 504, P. 28-29
Comment (Location): USGS MF-467, LOC. 54 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): CASCADE CLAIM STAKED 1912. ONE OPEN CUT WAS MADE. NO MENTION OF ANY PRODUCTION, OR EVEN IF ANY GOLD WAS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY CONSISTS OF SHATTERED QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY QUARTZ VEINLETS, IN PLACES MINERALIZED WITH PYRRHOTITE, ARSENOPYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE (EXTREMELY RARE), AND IS 300 FT. LONG AND 4-20 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): LOCATED NEAR MAJOR FAULT ZONE, NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN JUR-TRI KELP BAY GROUP AND CRET SITKA GRAYWACK ON WEST AND CONTACT WITH GABBRO ON EAST.
Comment (Deposit): THOUGH LISTED IN OF 78-450, P. 26, AND OTHERS AS A GOLD PROSPECT, NO SPECIFIC MENTION OR EVIDENCE OF GOLD IS GIVEN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-467-54
Reference (Deposit): USGS I-388, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY (1963)
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 20-73, LOC. 86 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 504, P. 28-29 (1912)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-450, P. 26 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-467, LOC. 54 (1972)
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