Millet Copper Deposit Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002140
MRDS ID A013032
Record type Site
Current site name Millet Copper Deposit Prospect
Alternate or previous names Millets Point On Iliamna D-5 Quad, Millet Copper Deposit In USGS Ofr 81-1343a
Related records 10234109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.51374, 59.78219 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iliamna D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iliamna NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iliamna C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Iliamna(hydrologic unit)

Kvichak-Port Heiden(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pedro Bay Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS IN CENTER OF 3 MINING CLAIMS ALONG COPPER KING LEDGE, EXTENDING 2250 FT N AND S OF LOCATION. MF-364 LOCATION 2 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
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM TRENCHING AND DIAMOND DRILL CORES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CU: 0%-3.96%, AU: LESS THAN .01 OZ./TON, AG: LESS THAN 0.05-0.2 OZ./TON FROM ROCK SAMPLES USBM RI 4890 P. 7-22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jtk

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On East Side Of Limestone-Diorite Dike Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE BOUNDED ON EAST AND WEST BY DIORITE PORPHYRIES, SOUTH BY VOLCANIC BRECCIA. MINERALIZED SKARNS IN NORTH AND SOUTH SECTIONS, CUT BY DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer O.B. Millet

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TRENCHES, DIAMOND DRILL BORINGS, AND A 38 FT. SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND DIAMOND DRILL BORINGS CONDUCTED IN 1949-50 BY USBM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit TWO MAIN DEPOSITS: NORTH DEPOSIT HAS MAXIMUM LENGTH OF 735 FT, WIDTH 29.5 FT. SOUTH DEPOSIT IS 525 FT X 30 FT. OTHER SMALLER DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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