The Wheaton is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 5,118 feet.
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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: 5,118 Feet (1,560 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 68.23, -154.72440
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Wheaton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wheaton
Secondary: Karupa River
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Colville Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1991
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK CONSISTING OF SANDSTONE WITH QUARTZ VEINING AND VISABLE CHALCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE STAINING. SIX SAMPLES OF REPR. CHIPS, SELECT, AND GRAB CONTAINED VALUES RANGING FROM 1455 PPM TO 5236 PPM COPPER, AND .14% TO .56% COPPER.
References
Reference (Deposit): BMOF 75-92, 1992, 101 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): BMOF 34-94, 1994, 130 PAGES
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