Deposit ID | 10000366 |
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MRDS ID | A010432 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Chisna Consolidated (Buckeye Group) |
Related records | 10136800 |
Geographic coordinates: | -146.53143, 60.84765 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This mine is on the south shore of inner Landlocked Bay, just east of the mouth of China Creek. It is in the NE1/4 sec. 7, T. 12 S., R. 7 W., of the Copper River Meridian. The location of the site is accurate to within 1000 ft. This mine is shown as site C-69 in Jansons and others (1984) and as #16 in Cobb (1972: MF-392). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Model code | 90 |
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USGS model code | 24a |
Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Cyprus |
Mark3 model number | 11 |
Host or associated | Host | ||||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock | ||||
Rock unit name | Orca Group | ||||
Rock description | Orca Group | ||||
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(1) | -146.53143, 60.84765 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Copper River |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010432 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV022 |
Mihelich, M., and Wells, R.R., 1957, Copper mines and prospects adjacent to Landlocked Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations RI 5320, 21 p.
Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1992, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1722-1746.
Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1993, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska-A reply: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1285-1288.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Nelson, S.W., Dumoulin, J. A., and Miller, M.L., 1985, Geologic map of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1645-B, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and SInger, 1986; model 24a) |
Deposit | Other Comments = Nelson and others (1985) interpret the country rocks as accreted ocean crust. Crowe and others (1992; 1993) and Sainsbury (1993) discuss the genesis of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in this area.? Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 10-JUN-00 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |