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Dutton Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Iron
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002143
MRDS ID A013035
Record type Site
Current site name Dutton Copper Prospect
Related records 10282777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.92761, 59.67775 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iliamna C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iliamna NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iliamna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Iliamna(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-364 LOCATION 5 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CU: 4-6%, ACCORDING TO OWNER'S REPORTS, ALSO SMALL AMOUNT AU AND AG CLAIMED-USGS B442 P. 196

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.92761, 59.67775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 914.4M
    Width 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC LIMESTONE IN CONTACT WITH GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Silas J. Goodro

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dutton Mining And Development Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on the workings information

  • APPARENTLY A SHAFT WAS DUG 1902-5-USGS B485 P. 119 (1912). 3 SHORT ADITS AND 46 FT SHAFT DUG 1904-5, BUT BLOCKED BY 1909 ACCORDING TO USGS B442 P. 195 (1912)

Comments on development

  • APPARENTLY SOME UNDERGROUND WORKINGS 1902-5, NO DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1909.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-364 LOCATION 5 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS B485, P. 117-21 (1912)

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-1343A, P. A4 (1981)

  • Deposit

    USGS B442 P. 195-196 (1910)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-364-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS IN BAND-LIKE MASSES PARALLELING CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GREENSTONE CONTACT ZONE CUT BY 1 IN. THICK VEINLETS OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MINOR MOLYBDENITE AND MALACHITE
Deposit APPARENTLY NO DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1909. SMALL AMOUNT OF SILVER AND GOLD CLAIMED BY OWNERS ACCORDING TO USGS B442 (1910). NONE MENTIONED IN SUBSEQUENT REPORTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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