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Durand Copper Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002142
MRDS ID A013034
Record type Site
Current site name Durand Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.01595, 59.70775 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iliamna NE(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

  • USGS MF-364 LOCATION 4 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
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.01595, 59.70775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEGREES E
    Dip 45 DEGREES NE
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE CUT BY QUARTZ VEIN WITH CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MALACHITE, AUZERITE MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW EXPLORATION PITS

Comments on development

  • 2 SHALLOW EXPLORATION PITS DUG BEFORE 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-364 LOCATION 4 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 485 P. 123 (1912)

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-1343 A (1981) P. A4

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-364-4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MENTION OF PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 10 FT. WIDE QUARTZ VEIN IN SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE. A MAGNETITE DEPOSIT (OCCURRENCE) IS NEARBY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-94 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.

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