Mineral King Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000859
MRDS ID A011512
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral King Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hubbard and Elliott Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.03725, 61.63659 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position CLAIM IMMEDIATELY E OF COPPER KING CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • SEE CLAIM MAP: USGS BULL 374, P. 64. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS BORNITE-CHALCOPYRITE IN QUARTZ GANGUE WITH CHALCOCITE AS STRINGERS AND PATCHES IN BORNITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10.85% CU, USGS PP 15, P. 24

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Nikolai Greenstone
    Rock description Nikolai Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.03725, 61.63659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Near Axis Of Elliott Cr. Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Closely Spaced Vertical 8 Joints Run N 60 E; Major Faults Strike N 35 E With 30 S Dip

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip 30 S
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: SEE COMMENTS FOR COPPER KING PROSPECT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chistochina/Kotsina

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • EXPL.COM: SEE COMMENTS FOR COPPER KING PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORE BODIES 4 TO 6 FT THICK AND 25 TO 30 FT ALONG STRIKE IN SHEAR ZONE RUNNING N 35 E AT ABOUT 30 S DIP; BORNITE AND CHALCOCITE REPLACE GREENSTONE
Deposit SEE: COPPER KING PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-95 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY AND WORKINGS FIELDS FROM THE COMMENTS FIELD

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.