The Khayyam Prospect is a zinc, silver, gold, and copper 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 55.29861, -132.38750
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Khayyam Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Khayyam Prospect
Secondary: Kiam
Secondary: Omar Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: 1908-1918
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.99% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.30 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: ASSAYED 0.05 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 2.26% CU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 ORE BODIES FROM 4 TO 20 FEET WIDE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P.22-23.
Comment (Production): NO DATA ON QUANTITY OR GRADE OF PRODUCTION. LINE 16: ACTUAL VOLUME OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. COPPER ORE WAS WORTH OVER $1,000,000.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): GNEISS IS PROBABLY AN ALTERED DIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1, P.94-95.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P.49.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 347, P. 135-137.
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3942.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 22-23.
Reference (Production): LINE 15: USGS BULL 714, P.19.; LINE 16: USGS BULL 1090, P.5, 122-125.
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