Binocular

The Binocular is a copper mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 6,339 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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