Wprcester Copper-Lead Prospect

The Wprcester Copper-Lead Prospect is a copper and lead mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

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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Site Name

Primary: Wprcester Copper-Lead Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kougarok

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

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: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): USGS MF-426, LOC. 17. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): 5 LODE CLAIMS REPORTED IN 1916.

Comment (Deposit): MALACHITE, AUZERITE, AND GALENA REPORTED IN INTENSELY SILICIFIED CARBONATE ROCKS.

Comment (Workings): NATURE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Comment (Geology): LARGE MASSES OF CONTORTED CARBONATED ABOVE THRUST FAULTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED BY SILICA. INTENSELY SILICIFIED CARBONATE ROCKS (MOSTLY MARBLE).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 442 (1918)

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-426, LOC 17 (1972)

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-17

Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 377 (69-236) (1969) - FOR AREA GEOLOGY, P. 22.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 75-587 (1975)

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