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Bunker Hill Copper Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000868
MRDS ID A011521
Record type Site
Current site name Bunker Hill Copper Prospect
Related records 10161323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.01086, 61.66771 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

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

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS BULL 745, PLATE 3, LOC. 15 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA ON TENOR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chitistone Limestone;Nikolai Greenstone
    Rock description Chitistone Limestone;Nikolai Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.01086, 61.66771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nikolai Greenstone Thrust Over Younger Tri Shales; Locally Repeated Section

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 75 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: ADIT IS IN SILVER OF CHITISTONE LIMESTONE THAT HAS BEEN OVERRIDDEN BY NIKOLAI GREENSTONE ALONG THRUST FAULT, OPEN CUT IS IN SHEARED GREENSTONE 100 FT ABOVE ADIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kotsina

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT ADIT DRIVEN S 10 E ALONG VEIN AND SMALL OPEN CUT IN SHEAR ZONE

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS PROBABLY DURING THE EARLY 1920'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE 6 IN TO 3 FT WIDE CONTAINS VEINLETS UP TO 1 IN THICK CARRING BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, COVELLITE, MALACHITE AND AZURITE IN QUARTZ-CALCITE-EPIDOTE GANGUE; GREENSTONE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY SULPHIDES
Deposit SEE: BLUEBIRD PROSPECT (KOTSINA DISTRICT) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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