| Deposit ID | 10000104 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010128 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shear Zone Ore Body, Rush and Brown Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Alaska Consolidated Copper Co, Alaska Gold and Metal Co., Iron Cliff |
| Geographic coordinates: | -132.58792, 55.62473 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Craig C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)
Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tongass National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| (1) | -132.58792, 55.62473 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60E TO N90E |
| Dip | 60SE TO 30S |
| Thickness | 4.27M |
| Length | 25.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Year of last production | 1923 |
| District name | Ketchikan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Year | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1906-1923 |
| Material | ORE |
| Ore mined | 8800mt |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010128 |
USGS BULL 347, P. 123-125.
USGS BULL 642, P. 86-88.
USGS BULL 714, P. 119-121
USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4339
USGS BULL 1090, P. 32, 37, 42-43, 48, 112-116:
USGS BULL 1246, P. 165, 168.
USGS OF 78-869, P. 174-177.
USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4349.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MASSIVE SULFIDES IN VEINLETS AND LENSES WITHIN SHEAR ZONE |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO MAGNETITE ORE BODY, RUSH AND BROWN MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1983 | Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 12-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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