The London and Cape is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 61.5689, -143.71940
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London and Cape MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: London and Cape
Secondary: Theo Van Wagenen
Secondary: M.S. 873
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Wigger
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Deposit): MS 873 ISSUED 1913 ON 289 ACRES - PAT # NOT OBTAINED. PORPHRY CU DEPOSIT CONTAINING PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEINLETS AND DISSEM. IN LOCALLY ALTERED GRANODIORITE AND QUARTZ DIORITE; OLD ADIT AND SOME RECENT EXPLORATION INTEREST (MF 773B).
References
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. E-67
Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A
Reference (Deposit): MF773B
Reference (Deposit): MF395
Reference (Deposit): B1246
Reference (Deposit): B745 pp. 136-137
Reference (Deposit): B662g pp. 159-160
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-048
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