Mine detail: Houghton Prospect

Previously called 'Cuprite Copper Company'

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Location: Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 55.26223, -132.62541
dep_id: 10000092
mrds_id: A010112
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet
ore_ctrl: Ore Body Is In Contact Zone
Reporter: Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 314, P. 71
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 347, P. 103-104.
  • Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 87, P. 50, 56, 62-63, 103-104.
  • Deposit:: USGS MF 433.
  • Deposit:: USGS OF 78-869, P. 92.
  • Deposit:: ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 48, P. 38.
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