The Unnamed Copper Occurrence is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 65.61472, -165.13444
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Unnamed Copper Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CU CONTENT OF MINEABLE TONNAGES PROBABLY DOES NOT EXCEED 0.1%. TRACES PF AI PRESENT.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-426, LOC. 18; USGS OF 377 (OF 69-236), P. 22 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): ADITS IN CONTORTED SILICIFIED CARBONATE EXPOSE MINUTE AMOUNTS OF COPPER SULFIDES ALMOST ENTIRELY RESTRICTED TO STRONG VERTICAL JOINTS. TRACES OF GOLD IN RICHER SPECIMENS.
Comment (Workings): TWO SMALL ADITS DRIVEN.
Comment (Geology): LARGE MASSES OF CONTORTED CARBONATE ABOVE THRUST FAULTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED BY SILICA. INTENSELY SILICIFIED CARBONATE ROCKS (MOSTLY MARBLE).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-426, LOC. 18 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 377 (OF 69-236), P. 22 (1969)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 75-587 (1975)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-18
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