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Jonesy Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000356
MRDS ID A010420
Record type Site
Current site name Jonesy Mine
Alternate or previous names Bald Eagle, Knight Island Consolidated Copper Co.
Related records 10161145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.73753, 60.33845 (WGS84)

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Greenschist And Greenstone Have Basalt Protolith

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.73753, 60.33845
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Horses Or Boudins Of Massive Greenstone In Matrix Of Schistose Version Of Same Cut By Fresh Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 1000 TONS OF COPPER ORE OF UNKNOWN TENOR SHIPPED

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODIES OF MASSIVE SULFIDE APPEAR IN SHEAR ZONES AT OR NEAR THE APKES OF FLEXURES IN GREEN SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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