The Copper Chief is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Copper Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Chief
Secondary: Seymour Sulphur Mining Claim
Secondary: Seymour Sulphur
Secondary: Seymour Canal Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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: Fred Magill
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
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 (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: FRED MAGILL BOX 444 PETERSBURG, ALASKA
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS 1899. MAJOR WORK ON PROPERTY DURING THIS YEAR. ABAND. & RESTAKED IN 1930,1942, 1954. CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY TO PRESENT SINCE 1954. ACTIVE PROSPECTING CEASED DUE TO LOW VALUES. WORKINGS: 25FT DRIFT, LONG OPEN CUT & 60FT SHAFT. COMPOSED OF CHALCOPYRITE-BEARING PYRITE IN QTZ VEINS & DISSEMINATED IN COUNTRY RX -- QTZ MICA SCHIST OF HYD FORMATION SULFIDES: CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE & MARCASITE(?). BEST CU ASSAY: 1.75% CU. DEPOSIT CONSIDERED BELOW COMMERCIAL GRADE IN 1942.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 114-019
Reference (Deposit): B287 pp. 150-151
Reference (Deposit): IR JCR 420801 pp. 5-7
Reference (Deposit): I323
Reference (Deposit): B1181R pp. 18-21, plate 1
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 140
Reference (Deposit): GC8 pp. 2, 19
Reference (Deposit): MF467
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