The Cobre is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Cobre MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cobre
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kiana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Geologic mapping and some geochemical sampling. Claims staked in 1979 by Anaconda. One six foot (2 m) chip sample ran 0.34% Cu, 10 ppm Pb, 9 ppm Zn, 9 ppm Co. Two float samples ran 0.7% and 0.8 % Cu, 40 and 29 ppm Pb, 18 and 14 ppm Zn, and 3 and 2 ppm Co. A sample from a vein in marble ran 4700 ppm Pb, 760 ppm Zn, 4.9 ppm Ag (unpublished Anaconda notes).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko ?
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedding-controlled disseminated chalcopyrite deposit up to 6 ft (3 m) thick in metaquartzite, quartz-mica schist, quartz-chlorite schist, and locally marble. The copper-bearing beds are estimated to lie 4000 m stratigraphically below the Smucker rhyolite (Devonian). The host rocks could therefore be early Paleozoic or late PreCambrian. The copper-bearing rocks are interlayered with marbles and lie about 60 m stratigraphically above a stromatolite-bearing horizon. Other stromatolites are found along the ridge 7800 ft (2600 m) to the north, in a faulted syncline.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Unpublished Anaconda notes from 1979.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Discovered by Anaconda geologist in 1979.
Comment (Geology): Age = Early Paleozoic
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED ANACONDA NOTES FROM 1979
Reference (Deposit): Unpublished Anaconda notes from 1979.
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