Top

The Top is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 148 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

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Site Name

Primary: Top
Secondary: Veta
Secondary: Veda

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: 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: James A. Walper
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1977

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Deposit): ACTIVITY 1908 TO 1916. LEASED AROUND 1936. RESTAKED AS 7 CLAIMS IN 1976. 20FT ADIT & 2 SHAFTS, ONE IS 30FT. ALL HAD DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS. 1936 ALL WORKINGS UNSAFE. LOCATED IN STRONG FAULT IN ALTERED DIORITE OR GREENSTONE. CONSISTS OF QTZ VEINS CARRYING PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE & LESSER BORNITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA & SPECULAR HEMATITE. SULFIDES DISSEMINATED THROUGH SHEARED & INTENSELY ALTERED DIORITE WITHIN MINERALIZED ZONE. AU > CU IN LOCALIZED ZONES.

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-057

Reference (Deposit): B379d p. 83

Reference (Deposit): B480e p. 102

Reference (Deposit): B592e p. 83

Reference (Deposit): B662c pp. 66-67

Reference (Deposit): B714a p. 18

Reference (Deposit): IR HGW 37c pp. 5-6

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT DRAFT 4404 p. 5

Reference (Deposit): B1154 pp. 55, 94-95, 98, plate 1

Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 175-176

Reference (Deposit): MF434

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