The Cordova Copper Co. is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 781 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: 781 Feet (238 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 60.5681, -145.72000
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Cordova Copper Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cordova Copper Co.
Secondary: Fleming Spit
Secondary: Tacoma Cordova Mines
Secondary: A.R.C. Industries
Secondary: Armstrong Exploration
Secondary: M.S. 1061-A
Secondary: M.S. 1062-B
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hewitt, William H.
Info Year: 1978
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
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): True blue fraction claim - Discovery Tunnel No. 1 -Armstrong Ext. claim - No. 2 Tunnel 1. -Armstrong Ext. claim - No. 3 Tunnel 2. -Orca Mine claim - No. 2 Tunnel -Whiting Tide Water Ext. claim - No. 2 Tunnel -Jarvis Ext. claim - No. 2 Tunnel & Crossant -Orca Ext. No. 3 claim - No. 1 Discovery -Orca Ext. No. 3 - No. 2 Tunnel 3. -Orca Ext. No. 3 claim - No. 3 Tunnel 4. -Orca Ext. No. 3 claim - No. 4 Tunnel 5. -Orca Ext. No. 3 claim - No. 5 Tunnel 6. -Orca Ext. No. 3 claim - No. 6 Tunnel -Orca Ext. No. 3 claim - No. 7 Tunnel -Armstrong Ext. No. 2 claim - No.1 Tunnel 7. -Unreported adit
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-042
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-043
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 096-112
Reference (Deposit): B284i p. 84
Reference (Deposit): B379e p. 88, plate 4
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 66-68
Reference (Deposit): B692g p. 149
Reference (Deposit): I453
Reference (Deposit): MF392
Reference (Deposit): OF79-973 75 pp.
Reference (Deposit): OF82-1029 33 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B989E pp. 225-310.
Reference (Deposit): BMOF69-73
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality C34).
Reference (Deposit): B442h p. 165
Reference (Deposit): B443 p. 10, 54, 70, plate 1
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