The Ellis (Boone and Ibeck #1 and #2) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Ellis (Boone and Ibeck #1 and #2) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ellis (Boone and Ibeck #1 and #2)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Contact metamorphism.
Rocks
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 51.000000+-
Age Young: Early Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Area examined by the U.S. Bureau of Mines as part of a mineral evaluation of the Chugach National Forest. Three analyzed samples from location C-52 contained 26-115 ppm Cu. Eleven additional samples from the contact area contained 13 ppm to 0.14% Cu and <0.1 ppm to 8.5 ppm silver (Jansons and others, 1984).
Comment (Geology): Age = Chronological age is for Sheep Bay pluton.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = the age of mineralization is probably 51 Ma based on the age of the Sheep Bay pluton.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The prospect consists of chalcopyrite-bearing quartz veins in the Tertiary Orca Group turbidites along the contact of the Sheep Bay pluton (Jansons and others, 1984; Nelson and others, 1985). The Sheep Bay pluton has been radiometrically dated at about 51 Ma (Winkler and Plafker, 1981). Three analyzed samples from Jansons and others' (1984) location C-52 contained 26-115 ppm Cu. Eleven additional samples from the contact area contained 13 ppm to 0.14% Cu and <0.1 ppm to 8.5 ppm silver.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Copper skarn ?
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984
References
Reference (Deposit): Winkler, G.R., and Plafker, George, 1981, Geologic map and cross sections of the Cordova and Middleton Island quadrangles, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1164, 24 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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, scale 1:250,000.
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.
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.
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