The Sure Shot is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Sure Shot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sure Shot
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Age Old: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of the Sure Shot prospect consist of a 2,000-meter-thick sequence of Lower Permian? and Pennsylvanian, volcanic rocks, massive volcanic flows, breccias, and subordinate volcaniclastic rocks, all largely andesitic in composition (Wilson and others, 1998). The prospect consists of pyrite and chalcopyrite disseminated in the volcanic rocks. Samples contain 4 ppb gold and 153 ppm copper (Balen, 1990 OFR 34-90).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Kaufman, 1964
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface samples only. Samples contain 4 ppb gold and 153 ppm copper (Balen, 1990 OFR 34-90).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = the sulfide minerals probably are syngenetic with their Lower Permian - Pennsylvanian host rocks.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
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.
Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): Kaufman, M.A., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Denali-Maclaren River area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals, Geologic Report 4, 15 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:105,000.
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