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Coronation Island Mining Co.

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000062
MRDS ID A010072
Record type Site
Current site name Coronation Island Mining Co.
Related records 10258349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.33244, 55.9136 (WGS84)
Elevation 311
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN SLOPE OF PIN PEAK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.33244, 55.9136
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Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Kuprean Of District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MORE THAN 100 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 238.35M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A010072

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 347, P. 190-191.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 963-4, P. 38-40.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRCULAR 248, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    USGS MF 433.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-869, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL GALENA WAS MINED OUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SEVERAL LENSES, USUALLY 20 FT LONG OR MORE IN FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey