The Mission Creek Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 61.65444, -159.11500
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Mission Creek Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mission Creek Gold-Silver-Copper Prospect
Secondary: Konechney Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF VEIN GAVE 0.1 OZ/TON AU, 1.0 OZ/TON AG, 1.0% CU, 0.004% EU
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OLD REPORT OF STIBNITE IS PROBABLY INCORRECT. STIBNITE NOT FOUND IN LATER INVESTIGATIONS.
Comment (Development): CLAIMS STAKED BY JOE KONECHNEY IN 1920, WHO PROCEDED TO EXCAVATE SINGLE HANDEDLY, BY HAND, 900 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (BELIEVE IT OR NOT!) AS WELL AS PITS AND TRENCHES. ADIT PARTIALLY FLOODED IN 1943. NO PRODUCTION.
Comment (Location): USBM OFR 9-85, FIG. 5, MAP LOC. 64; USGS MF-444, LOC. 5 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AND THIN LAYERS OF BRECCIA AND GOUGE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE IN ZONE 200 FT. WIDE TRACED FOR 1,000 FT.. CONTAINS ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, HEMATITE, METAZEUNERITE, PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, SCHEELITE, MAGNETITE, ILMENITE, AUZERITE, CHRYSOCOLLA.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS WITH TOTAL OF 900 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. MAIN ADIT 800 FT. DEEP. PORTAL OF UPPER ADIT CAVED, LOWER ADIT ICED SHUT. SEVERAL SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES NOW SLUMPED IN. MAIN ADIT WENT THROUGH ORE VEIN, ALTHOUGH KONECHNEY DID NOT REALIZE IT AND KEPT DIGGING.
Comment (Geology): TERTIARY QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON INTRUDES CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF KUSKOKWIM GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS I-292 (1959)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-444, LOC. 5 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-156, P. 73 (1977)
Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 9-85, P. 227, FIG. 5, MAP NO. 64 (1985)
Reference (Other Database): USBM-OFR-9-85-64
Reference (Deposit): USGS C 328, P. 1-2, 5-7 (1954)
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