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Copper City Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100930
MRDS ID A010075
Record type Site
Current site name Copper City Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Wing
Related records 10209628

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.61568, 55.13444 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig A-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE HAS $3 TO $6/TON AU
Result $1 TO $3/TON/AG (1908 PRICES)
Result 6-9% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.61568, 55.13444
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 60NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Follows Bedding Of Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES POST-DATE ORE DEPOSITION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT WITH ADDITIONAL WINZE & SUBLEVEL

Comments on development

  • NO PRODUCTION AFTER SHAFT FILLED WITH WATER IN 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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