Vabm Apex

The Vabm Apex is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,101 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vabm Apex

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Colville Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1991
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): OCCURANCE LIES NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE MISHEGUK MOUNTAIN ALLOCHTHON, COMPOSED OF JURASSIC OLIVINE GABBRO. SAMPLES CONTAINED 6943PPM COPPER, 15PPB PLATNIUM, 8PPB PALLADIUM, AND 24 PPM NICKEL. NO COPPER SULFIDE MINERALS WERE RECOGNIZED.

References

Reference (Deposit): MULL, C.G., UNPUBLISHED MAP OF THE HOWARD PASS QUADRANGLE

Reference (Deposit): ,1992. AVAILABLE FROM J.M. KURTAK, USBM, ALASKA FIELD

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS CENTER, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.

Reference (Deposit): MEYER, M.P., AND J.M. KURTAK. RESULTS OF THE 1992 U.S.

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES COLVILLE MINING DISTRICT STUDY. BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): OFR 12-93, 1993, 35PP.

Reference (Deposit): FOLEY,J.Y., D.C. DAHLIN, C.L. MARDOCK, AND W.K. O'CONNOR.

Reference (Deposit): PLATNIUM-GROUP METALS IN THE WESTERN BROOKS RANGE,

Reference (Deposit): NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. BUMINES OFR-80-92, 1992, 68PP.

Reference (Deposit): RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS AND

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