Copper Center Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093916
MRDS ID A010092
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Center Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.50459, 55.61779 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Craig NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prince of Wales(hydrologic unit)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HEADS CONTAIN 0.030-0.345 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.35-2.00 OZ/TON AG
Result 4.08-4.72% CU
Result 41.5-54.4% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.50459, 55.61779

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES, VEINS
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Ketchikan District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS & PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY SMALL BODIES EXPOSED. SOME ARE KNOWN TO WIDEN WITH DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 12-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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.