The Binocular is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 6,339 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: 6,339 Feet (1,932 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 61.4111, -142.38060
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Binocular MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Binocular
Secondary: Boots
Secondary: Binocular Prospect
Secondary: Triassic
Secondary: Radovan
Secondary: Agusta
Secondary: Ki-Ki
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Geneva Pacific Corp.
Company ID: 5000205
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Radovan Gulch Copper Co.
Company ID: 5000205
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Florida
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): SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED CHALCOCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MARCASITE, REALGAR, & SB IN A BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE THAT JUXTAPOSES NIKOLAI GREENSTONE AND CHITISTONE LST; TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS. SMALL MALACHITE-STAINED CHALCOCITE MASSES IN BASAL CHITISTONE LIMESTONE; OTHER CU-STAINED OUTCROPS. CHALCOCITE-RICH VEIN 1-3 M THICK IN FAULT CUTTING NIKOLAI GREENSTONE; TWO SHORT ADITS (MF 773B).
References
Reference (Deposit): SR31 p. 7
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 11
Reference (Deposit): MF773B
Reference (Deposit): MF395
Reference (Deposit): B1333 p. 30
Reference (Deposit): C604 pp. 2-3, 6-9, 14
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 53, 60-61
Reference (Deposit): OF61 pp. 1-2, 13-19
Reference (Deposit): B947F pp. 98, 114-117
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-112
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-027
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 087-001
Reference (Deposit): SR33 p. 9
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