The Eureka Gold?-Copper Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 499 feet.
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
Elevation: 499 Feet (152 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 56.98111, -135.15083
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Eureka Gold?-Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Gold?-Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chichagof
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-464, LOC.2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON PROSPECT. NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF PRESENCE OF GOLD, BUT SINCE PROSPECT IS ON LIST OF GOLD MINES AND PROSPECTS, IT IS ASSUMED SOME GOLD WAS PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): NO: DATA ON POSSIBLE GOLD CONTENT.
Comment (Development): INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1898. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): STRINGER LEAD OF PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ IN SLATE NEAR DIKES AND BRECCIATED MASSES OF DIORITE. CONTAINS CHALCOPYRITE. NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF GOLD, BUT GOLD PROBABLY PRESENT.
Comment (Workings): NO DETAILS OF WORKINGS AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-464-2
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-787, P. 19 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS 18TH ANNUAL REPORT, PART III, P. 62, 79 (1898)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-464, LOC. 2(1972)
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