Copper Chief

The Copper Chief is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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