Old Harbor

The Old Harbor is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Old Harbor

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kodiak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Site is on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berg and Cobb, 1967

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Assays range from 0.09 percent copper in disseminated material to 5.52 percent copper in one chalcopyrite-rich mass. The shear zone was prospected by 3 short adits prior to WW II.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Shear zone with minor copper values.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A sulfide-bearing shear zone is present along a footwall contact between a gabbro sill and Cretaceous metasedimentary rock. The shear zone is 10 to 20 feet in width and extends for approximately 2500 feet. Pyrite, pyrrhotite, and sparse chalcopyrite are disseminated in the shear zone. In addition, several sulfide masses containing abundant chalcopyrite occur about 1250 feet apart. Assays range from 0.9 percent copper in the disseminated mineralization to 5.52 percent in the chalcopyrite-rich zones (Berg and Cobb, 1967, p. 87).

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.

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