Mine detail: Copper Queen Prospect

Previously called 'Kasaan Bay Mining Company'

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Location: Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 55.53306, -132.37541
dep_id: 10000072
mrds_id: A010086
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Pyrite
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Greenstone
arock_type: Syenite
disc_yr: 1867
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1, P. 100
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 284, P. 48.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 347, P. 117-118.
  • Deposit:: ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 3-4.
  • Deposit:: USGS MF 433.
  • Deposit:: USGS OF 78-869, P. 45.
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