Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10000858 |
MRDS ID |
A011511 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Copper King Prospect |
Alternate or previous names |
Hubbard and Elliott Claims |
Related records |
10161083 |
Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
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-144.04031, 61.63659 (WGS84)
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Location accuracy |
500(meters)
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Geographic areas
Country |
State |
United States |
Alaska |
Comments on the location information
- BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE III, LOC. 23 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Copper |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- CHALCOPYRITE MAY BE PRESENT
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Bornite |
Ore |
Chalcanthite |
Ore |
Chalcocite |
Ore |
Malachite |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Associated |
Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Metavolcanic Rock
> Mafic Metamorphic Rock
> Greenstone |
Rock unit name |
Nikolai Greenstone |
Rock description |
Nikolai Greenstone |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Triassic |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Triassic |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Metavolcanic Rock
> Mafic Metamorphic Rock
> Greenstone |
Geologic structures
Type |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
Near Axis Of Large Asymmetric Anticline |
|
Local |
Shear Zone Strikes N 60 To 70 E, Dips S; Mineralized Thickness Of 10 Ft |
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Ore body information
Strike |
N 60 TO 70 E |
Dip |
S |
Thickness |
3.05M
|
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- SECTION OF NIKOLAI GREENSTONE OVERLAIN BY CHITISTONE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN FOLDED INTO A LARGE ASYMMETRIC ANTICLINE WITH AXIS ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO ELLIOTT CREEK; MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE AT CU KING RUNS PARALLEL TO GREENSTONE/LIMESTONE CONTACT; DEPOSITS IN ELLIOTT CREEK (EXCEPT FOR SWAZIE CLAIM) ARE RESTRICTED TO GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK