Copper Kitty

The Copper Kitty is a copper and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Kitty

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Chromium
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek

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: Podiform chromite (minor)
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Cyprus

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There has been surface sampling only.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of the Copper Kitty prospect are a tectonically mixed assemblage of Upper Devonian serpentinite, and subordinate basalt, chert, and gabbro. The deposit reportedly consists of pods of unspecified sulfide minerals, locally containing copper, gold(?) and silver (Balen, 1990: OFR 34-90). The hostrocks of the sulfide minerals also are not specified. Chromite apparently also occurs, presumably as magmatic segregations in the ultramafic rocks.

Comment (Geology): Age = the (presumed) magmatic segregation are syngenetic with the Upper Devonian ultramafic host rocks.

Comment (Deposit): Model Number = 8a(?), 24a(?)

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Podiform chromite(?), Cyprus massive sulfide(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 8a, 24a)

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Balen, 1990 (OFR 34-90)

References

Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

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