Wagner

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10308558
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wagner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-146.64594, 60.88949 (WGS84)
Relative position	The adit of the Wagner prospect is at the 300 foot elevation on the west side of Boulder Bay. The site is in the NE1/4 sec. 28, T. 11 S., R 8 W., of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate to within 500 ft. This prospect is shown as #6 in Cobb (1972: MF-392) and as C-89 in Jansons and others (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cordova D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tatitlek 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)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	90
USGS model code	24a
Deposit model name	Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Mark3 model number	11

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-146.64594, 60.88949	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = The country rocks at this prospect are mafic volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks of the Tertiary Orca Group (Nelson and others, 1985). The deposit consists of quartz-chalcopyrite lenses in a shear zone in graywacke (Cobb, 1979: OFR 79-973). Workings visible in the 1980s consisted of one caved adit (Jansons and others, 1984), originally reported to be 285 feet long (Cobb, 1979: OFR 79-973). A selected grab sample from the dump contained 39 ppm Cu (Jansons and others, 1984).
Age = Probably Tertiary based on the age of the host rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Copper River

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = Workings visible in the 1980s consisted of one caved adit (Jansons and others, 1984), originally reported to be 285 feet long (Cobb, 1979: OFR 79-973). A selected grab sample from the dump contained 39 ppm Cu (Jansons and others, 1984).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CV005

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1992, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1722-1746.
Deposit

Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1993, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska-A reply: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1285-1288.
Deposit

Sainsbury, C.L., 1993, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska, A discussion: Economic Geology, v. 88, p. 1284-1285.
Deposit

Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Cordova quadragle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report OF 79-973, 73 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, 16 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Deposit

Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a)
Deposit	Other Comments = Nelson and others (1985) interpret the country rocks as accreted ocean crust. Crowe and others (1992; 1993) and Sainsbury (1993) discuss the genesis of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in this area. Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. This site is shown as a 'mine' on the map. Since there was no production from this deposit it is designated herein as a 'prospect.'

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a)

Deposit

Other Comments = Nelson and others (1985) interpret the country rocks as accreted ocean crust. Crowe and others (1992; 1993) and Sainsbury (1993) discuss the genesis of the volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in this area. Chugach Alaska Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska has control of these lands. This site is shown as a 'mine' on the map. Since there was no production from this deposit it is designated herein as a 'prospect.'

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	10-JUN-2000	S.W. Nelson	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Wikidata: Q49457259 (Wagner Mine)

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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