The Unnamed (on Cat Island) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (on Cat Island) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (on Cat Island)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb and Elliott, 1980
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this site are intermediate and mafic metaplutonic rocks of Silurian or Ordovician age, and ultramafic plutonic rocks, probably of Cretaceous age (Berg and others, 1988). The ultramafic rocks are in thrust contact with the underlying Paleozoic rocks. The only information about this site that has been made public, is that 50 sacks of copper ore reportedly were shipped from the property in 1907 (Cobb and Elliott, 1980, p. 26).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Fifty sacks of copper ore reportedly were shipped from this prospect in 1907.
References
Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Elliott, R.L., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1053, 154 p.
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