| Deposit ID | 10000366 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A010432 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chisna Consolidated (Buckeye Group) |
| Related records | 10136800 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -146.53143, 60.84765 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This mine is on the south shore of inner Landlocked Bay, just east of the mouth of China Creek. It is in the NE1/4 sec. 7, T. 12 S., R. 7 W., of the Copper River Meridian. The location of the site is accurate to within 1000 ft. This mine is shown as site C-69 in Jansons and others (1984) and as #16 in Cobb (1972: MF-392). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cordova D-7 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Cordova NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cordova(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -146.53143, 60.84765 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Copper River |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A010432 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CV022 |
Mihelich, M., and Wells, R.R., 1957, Copper mines and prospects adjacent to Landlocked Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations RI 5320, 21 p.
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.
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.
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.
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-00 | S.W. Nelson | U.S. Geological Survey |
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