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Big Passage Copper Mining Co.

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000306
MRDS ID A010354
Record type Site
Current site name Big Passage Copper Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.65836, 60.43317 (WGS84)
Elevation 253
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Within 2000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seward B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seward SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seward(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Resurrection River-Frontal Resurrection Bay(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chugach National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT NUMBER IS THE MAP LOCATION NUMBER FROM MF-880A. 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
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.65836, 60.43317
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL WITH A DRIFT AND A WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN SEVERAL NARROW SHORT SHEAR ZONES. SULFIDE MINERALS ARE SPARSE
Deposit SEE ALSO KNIGHTS ISLAND MINING & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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