| Deposit ID | 10000489 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010673 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beatson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mines: Beatson-Bonanza, Latouche, Kennecott Copper Corp., Prospects: Blackbird, Chinega |
| Related records | 10233974 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -147.88668, 60.04455 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 137 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Seward A-3(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
Chenega Corporation(ANCSA Village)
ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)
NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)
Chugach National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cubanite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Rock unit name | Orca Group;Orca Group;Orca Group |
| Rock description | Orca Group;Orca Group;Orca Group |
| (1) | -147.88668, 60.04455 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Beatson Fault Locally Strikes N 5 E, Dips 60w. Sediments In Area Oriented N20, 65-70w |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | W |
| Thickness | 121.92M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| Year of last production | 1930 |
| District name | Prince William Sound District |
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| Ownership category | National Park |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kennecott Copper Corp. |
| Year | 1914 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1915 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1916 | ||||||||||||||
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| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1930 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1904-1930 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 16093M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010673 |
USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 204-206, 208-209
THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920: HOUGHTON, MICH., W.H. WEED, P. 154
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 19. NO 4, 1924 P. 338-368
USGS BULLETIN 963, P. 63-65
USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATIONS 254-256
USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 137-138
D SINGER PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 1984
THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920: HOUGHTON, MICH., W.H. WEED, P. 154; D. SINGER UNPUB. DATA, 1984.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN ORE BODY (BEATSON) IS A LENS OF DISSEMINATED ORE ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF THE BEATSON FAULT. THE ORE BODY IS BOUNDED ON THE EAST ONLY AT THE LIMIT OF ITS ECONOMIC VIABILITY, AS THE DISSEMINATED LODE GRADES INTO COUNTRY ROCK AND ON THE WEST BY THE FAULT ITSELF. POCKETS OF PARTICULARLY RICH ORE WERE LOCATED PROXIMAL TO FAULT. THE CHINEGA AND BLACKBIRD ORE BODIES OCCUR TO THE NORTH ALONG THE SAME TREND, AND ARE OF SIMILAR MORPHOLOGY AND MINERALOGY, THOUGH MUCH SMALLER AND PERHAPS SOMEWHAT RICHER (TOWARDS MASSIVE). INTERPRETED TO BE CYPRUS TYPE MASSIVE SULFIDE (DISINGER, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1984) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-84 | Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 10-JUN-92 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 13-APR-94 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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