| Deposit ID | 10000362 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010428 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cordova Copper Co. |
| Alternate or previous names | Fleming Spit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -145.72582, 60.56654 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This prospect is at the 500 ft. elevation in Fleming Creek about 2 miles north-northeast of the city of Cordova. It is in the E1/2 sec. 15, T. 15 S., R. 3 W., of the Copper River Meridian. Location is accurate to within 500 ft.?This site is shown as location C-34 by Jansons and others (1984) and loc. 23 by Cobb (1972: MF-392; 1979: OF 79-973). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cordova C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cordova C(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
Chugach 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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 90 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 24a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, Cyprus |
| Mark3 model number | 11 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock | ||
| Rock unit name | Orca Group | ||
| Rock description | Orca Group | ||
| |||
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Copper River |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010428 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV047 |
Grant, U.S., 1910, Mining and prospecting on Prince William Sound in 1909: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, p. 164-165.
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.
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.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a). See also Crowe and others (1992). |
| Deposit | Other Comments = No production, although a sample of native copper from this site was displayed in 1909 at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition (Grant, 1910).? Prospect site could not be located in 1986 during industry exploration (B. Ellis, personal commun., 2000). Site is on State of Alaska land. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-2000 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |
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