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Latouche Consolidated Copper Co.

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000429
MRDS ID A010596
Record type Site
Current site name Latouche Consolidated Copper Co.
Alternate or previous names Tibbits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.0425, 59.93954 (WGS84)
Relative position The prospect is located on the southern end of Latouche Island in the SW1/4 of section 2, T. 3 S., R. 8 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is location 271 of Tysdal (1978) and location BS1 of Nelson and others (1984). This location is accurate to within a half mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blying Sound D-3 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blying Sound NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Blying Sound C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None reported.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Orca Group
    Rock description Orca Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.0425, 59.93954
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The host rock of this prospect is graywacke of the Tertiary Orca Group. The mineralization consists of quartz-chalcopyrite stringers within a 3 foot wide shear zone. The strike and dip if the mineralization is unknown. The graywacke strikes northeast and dips 50 to 70 to the southeast. A 3 foot chip wide chip sample of the mineralization contained 1.7% Cu and 8.5 ppm silver (Nelson and others, 1980).
  • Age = Early Tertiary; stringers cut early Tertiary rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Seward

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = None reported.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A 6 by 6 foot shaft to an unknown depth was dug on the prospect in the early 1900's. There has been no production from this prospect ( Nelson and others, 1980).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Condon, W.H., and Cass, J.T., 1958, Map of a part of the Prince William Sound area, Alaska, showing linear geologic features on aerial photographs: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-273. 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metalic mineral resources map of the Blying Sound quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Stuudies Map MF-440, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H. and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p.

  • Deposit

    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, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metalic mineral resources map of the Blying Sound quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-440, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.

  • Deposit

    Grant, U.S., and Higgins, D.F., Jr., 1909, Notes on geology and mineral prospects in the vicinity of Seward, Kenai Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379-C, p. 98-107.

  • Deposit

    Tysdal, R.G., 1978, Mines, prospects, and occurrences map of the Seward and Blying Sound quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-880-A, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Grant and Higgins, 1909

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Quartz-chalcopyrite stringers.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-MAR-1999 Jeff A. Huber U.S. Geological Survey

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