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Corbin Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000061
MRDS ID A010071
Record type Site
Current site name Corbin Mine
Alternate or previous names Alaska Metals Co., Corwin
Related records 10136585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.6518, 55.2289 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig A-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Tongass 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
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $3/TON GOLD&SILVER (1908 PRICES)
Result CHIP SAMPLE: 500 PPM CU, 200 PPM ZN
Result CRAB SAMPLE: 5.6% CU, .1% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.6518, 55.2289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL BARREN QUARTZ VEINS CUT ORE BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LIMITED AMOUNTS OF ORE SHIPPED, 1906-1913. NO DATA ON QUANTITY OR GRADE OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 130M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT, SEVERAL DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGIC SETTING SUGGESTS VOLCANOGENIC SULFIDE DEPOSIT, BUT SOME SUGGEST IT IS A SHOW ZONE DEPOSIT (HERRIED ET. AL. 1978)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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