Salt Chuck

The Salt Chuck is a copper, palladium, platinum, and gold 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: Salt Chuck
Secondary: Alaska Gold and Metals Co.
Secondary: Alaska Palladium Co
Secondary: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada
Secondary: Goodro Mining Co.
Secondary: Joker
Secondary: Koel
Secondary: Palladium
Secondary: Salt Chuck Mining Co.
Secondary: Solar Development Co
Secondary: Theis

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Palladium
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District

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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Country Rock Very Fractured

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyroxenes Alterted To Epidote & Chlorite

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU= 1.4%, PD= 1.010 PPM AVG, PT= .057 PPM AVG. BORNITE SHOWED .020 PPM PD

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Biotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): MAP OF MINE IN WRIGHT PROF. PAPER 87, 1915, P. 99, MINE CLOSED IN 1926

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA CLARK AND GREENWOOD, 1972

References

Reference (Deposit): MARTIN, 1920, P. 23, 28 (B712)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1921, P. 18-19, 38 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 69, 71 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): MERTIE, 1921A, P. 121-127 (B714)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1922, P. 21, 23, 34-35 (B722)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1923, P. 13, 20 (B739)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 17, 23 (B755)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1925, P. 30-31 (B773)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 20, 24-26 (B783)

Reference (Deposit): BUDDINGTON, 1926, P. 41 (B783)

Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, C. W., 1926, P. 1, 4 (RI 2731)

Reference (Deposit): MOFFITB, 1927, P. 10, 25-28, 33 (B792)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 10, 32-33, 39 (B797)

Reference (Deposit): BUDDINGTON AND CHAPIN, 1929, P. 319, 322-323, 351, 370

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 13, 51-52 (B810)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 16, 59 (B813)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 17, 59, 65 (B824)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 15, 61-62, 67-68 (B836)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P.

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, F.E., AND WRIGHT, C.W., 1908, P. 125-126 (B347)

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, C.W., 1909, P. 79 (B379)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1910, P. 38 (B442)

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, 1910A, P. 141 (B442)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1911C, P. 80 (B480)

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, C. W., 1915, P. 77, 85-86, 98-99 (P87)

Reference (Deposit): CHAPIN, 1916, P. 83, 85 (B642)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, S. S., 1917A, P. 29, 52 (BMB 142)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1918, P. 22 (B662)

Reference (Deposit): CHAPIN, 1918A, P. 65 (B662)

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)

Reference (Deposit): MARTIN, 1919, P. 28 (B692)

Reference (Deposit): CHAPIN, 1919A, P. 86 (B692)

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, C.W., AND PAIGE, 1908, P. 110-111 (B345)

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