The Cap Deposit is a barium-barite, copper, lead, silver, zinc, and gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 59.3778, -136.42220
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Cap Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cap Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Southeast Mining ? -C. C. Hawley
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984
Owner Name: Alyu Mining Corp.
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1971
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): CAP occurrence consists of an iron-stained zone capped by volcanics. Barite lenses occur in this zones. Pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tetrahedrite occur with the barite. Samples collected contain up to 50% barite, 0.22% zinc, 0.33% lead, 277.7 silver, 1.371 ppm gold, and 100 ppm cobalt.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-084
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-096
Reference (Deposit): OF406 pp. 2, 7
Reference (Deposit): PE109-6
Reference (Deposit): OF500
Reference (Deposit): MF424
Reference (Deposit): P832
Reference (Deposit): BMOF118-84
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-004
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-083
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