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Copper King Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10002145
MRDS ID A013037
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect
Related records 10282681

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.66678, 59.67276 (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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iliamna NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iliamna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tuxedni-Kamishak Bays(hydrologic unit)

Western Cook Inlet(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-364 LOCATION 7 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
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.66678, 59.67276
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE, MARBLE SKARNS NEAR CONTACT OF GREENSTONES AND QUARTZ DIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Charles M. Keyes

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SHALLOW PROSPECT HOLES WERE DUG IN EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT HOLES WERE DUG IN EARLY 1900'S, BUT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN INACTIVE SINCE AT LEAST 1909. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-364 LOCATION 7 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-1343A P. A3 (1981)

  • Deposit

    USGS B485 P. 121 (1912)

  • Deposit

    USGS B442 P. 194 (1910)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 1368-B PL. 1 (1980)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-364-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN LIMESTONE SKARNS CUT BY QUARTZ-EPIDOTE VEINS BEARING MAGNETITE; IMPREGNATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE.
Deposit CLAIM HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE EARLY 1900'S. ; 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
Editor 02-SEP-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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