The Idaho Prospect is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Idaho Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idaho Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Alaska
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS BULLETIN 1129, PLATE 1; USGS BULLETIN 1287, PLATES 1, 5. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
Comment (Deposit): CHALCOPYRITE WITH ABUNDANT PYRRHOTITE OCCURS IN FLUORITE-CALCITE GANGUE ALONG EAST TRENDING BRECCIA ZONE 15 FT THICK AND AT LEAST 50 FT LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 358, P. 17, 59.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1129, P. 57.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 6, LOC. 33.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-07
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