Deposit ID | 10000061 |
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MRDS ID | A010071 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Corbin Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Alaska Metals Co., Corwin |
Related records | 10136585 |
Geographic coordinates: | -132.6518, 55.2289 (WGS84) |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | $3/TON GOLD&SILVER (1908 PRICES) |
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Result | CHIP SAMPLE: 500 PPM CU, 200 PPM ZN |
Result | CRAB SAMPLE: 5.6% CU, .1% ZN |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
(1) | -132.6518, 55.2289 |
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Thickness | 1.22M |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
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Length | 130M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010071 |
USGS BULL 284, A. 51-53.
USGS BULL 347, P. 105-106.
ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 172.
USGS MF 433.7
USGS OF 78-869, P. 46.7
*ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 48, P.41-42.7
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | GEOLOGIC SETTING SUGGESTS VOLCANOGENIC SULFIDE DEPOSIT, BUT SOME SUGGEST IT IS A SHOW ZONE DEPOSIT (HERRIED ET. AL. 1978) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUN-1983 | Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey |