The Happy Jack Copper Mining Co is a copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Happy Jack Copper Mining Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Happy Jack Copper Mining Co
Secondary: Copper Queen
Secondary: Hogan Bay
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Basalt Intrudes Sediments Near Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Basalt Altered To Greenstone
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF ORE OF UNKNOWN TENOR WERE SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE 1 TO 3 FEET THICK HAS MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Workings): TWO TUNNELS AT ALTITUDES OF 250 FEET AND 450 FEET INTERSECT ORE BODY AND ARE A COMBINED LENGTH OF 1200 FT. A TUNNEL DRIVEN 1200 FEET AT SEA LEVEL FAILED TO INTERSECT ORE BODY
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 443, P. 68-69
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 219-220
Reference (Deposit): USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 253
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 100
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