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Knight's Island Copper Company

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185921
MAS/MILS ID 0020950031
Record type Site
Current site name Knight's Island Copper Company
Alternate or previous names Apollo, Hercules, One Dime No. 2, One Dime, Mogul, M.S. 736, Bald Knob, Una Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -147.75673, 60.31065 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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-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

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 003 N 010 E 32 NESENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -147.75673, 60.31065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 880427

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Comments on the workings information

  • USGS CRIB A002932 Three adits: 23.8 m. long at 91.4 m. elevation; 34.4 m. long at 274.3 m. elevation; and 35.7 m. long at 335.3 m. elevation. Bedrock consists of a light grayaphantic intermediate volcanic and a porphyritic dark gray-green greenstone. Small layers of slate also occur. Workings are all within the Nellie Shear Zone, which trends N. 20 deg. E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-APR-1988 Clough, Al U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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