The Threeman Mining Co. is a copper and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Threeman Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Threeman Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Copper River
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Nelson and others (1985) interpret the country rocks as accreted ocean crust. Crowe and others (1992; 1993) and Sainsbury (1993) discuss the genesis of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in this area.. Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks at this prospect are mafic volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks of the Tertiary Orca Group (Nelson and others, 1985). The deposit consists of up to foot-thick lenses of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.in two-foot- to 15-foot-wide shear zones. Three chip samples contained 200 ppm to 1% Cu, 145 ppm to 0.89% Zn, and <0.2 to 6 ppm Ag; a grab sample from the dump contained 4.9% Cu, 0.49% Zn, and 50 ppm Ag (Jansons and others, 1984).
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Tertiary based on the age of the host rocks.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = One 41-foot-long adit. Three chip samples contained 200 ppm to 1% Cu, 145 ppm to 0.89% Zn, and <0.2 to 6 ppm Ag; a grab sample from the dump contained 4.9% Cu, 0.49% Zn, and 50 ppm Ag (Jansons and others, 1984).
References
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1993, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska-A reply: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1285-1288.
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., 1993, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska, A discussion: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1284-1285.
Reference (Deposit): Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1992, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1722-1746.
Reference (Deposit): Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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