Ward Mine

The Ward Mine is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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: Ward Mine
Secondary: Claims: Excelsior
Secondary: Arkansas
Secondary: Gem
Secondary: Victor
Secondary: Butte
Secondary: S. Extension-Excelsior
Secondary: S. Extension-Arkansas
Secondary: Side

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Serpentine

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

Year: 1913
Year: 1907
Year: 1906

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 0.46 FT WIDE CONTAINED 25.7% CU, OTHER SEVEN SAMPLES FROM 0.5 FT - 5.33 FT WIDE, CONTAINED 0.3-8.3% CU, USBM RI 4110, FIG. 3.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1904-5

Comment (Deposit): ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED ALONG FAINT LAMINAE IN SILICIFIED CARBONATE AT BASE OF KLIPPE RESTING ON MICA-SCHIST; SECONDARY MALACHITE AND AZURITE FORMED MUCH OF THE ORE MINED FROM REPLACEMENT BODY 6-21 IN THICK.

Comment (Location): MAP OF C-1 QUAD, TELLER SERIES, USGS OFR 1271, SAMPLE LOC. ACB-480. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED: 1906, 1907, 1913, 1916; 8 PATENTED CLAIMS, COMBINED AREA: 152,013 AC.

Comment (Workings): PITS, TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS.

Comment (Geology): KLIPPE OF CARBONATES OVERLIES MICA-SCHIST; UNDEFORMED DIABASE DIKES IN AREA.

Comment (Deposit): GRAVITY DATA INDICATE POSSIBLE BURIED INTRUSIVE; SN DEPOSITS MAY BE PRESENT AT DEPTHS NO GREATER THAN 9 FEW 100 FT, USGS FOR 536, P. 2-3. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 284, P. 139.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 16.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-15

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 440-441.

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 4110.

Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 565, P. 4.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 377, P. 8, 22.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 536, P. 2-3.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 8, LOC. 57.

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