The Koness River Headwaters is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Koness River Headwaters MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Koness River Headwaters
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Sheenjek
Land Status
Not available
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:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Stream sediment samples from area contain more than 1% Mn (Cobb and others, 1981, p. A4).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb and others (1981)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Malachite and pyrite in green shale associated with red hematitic shales.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; disseminated, Cu in shale.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence # 0020240002, USBM (1995)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C., 1978, Mineral Investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range: a summary report: US Bureau of Mines Open-File No. 63-78
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995, A CD-ROM of spatial data extracted from the Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS): U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 12-95.
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