The Mount Brack is a cadmium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,982 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,982 Feet (909 Meters)
Commodity: Cadmium
Lat, Long: 59.1069, -136.28560
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Mount Brack MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Brack
Commodity
Primary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau District
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: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1966
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
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Graphite
Unknown: Illite
Unknown: Illite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Albite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 plates 1A, 1B, 2
Reference (Deposit): OF78-316 p. 99
Reference (Deposit): MF424
Reference (Deposit): P632 pp. 4, 40, 53-55
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