The Sharp Creek is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Sharp Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sharp Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Shungnak
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Chalcopyrite in metamorphic rocks.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Sharp Creek prospect consists of minor chalcopyrite in surface exposures of Paleozoic chlorite-muscovite schist that occur within the Skajit Limestone (Nelson and Grybeck, 1980).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Grybeck and Nelson, 1981
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Minor mapping and surface exploration by industry (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981).
References
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Nelson, S.W., and Grybeck, D.J., 1980, Geologic map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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