Mine detail: Shear Zone Ore Body, Rush and Brown Mine

Previously called 'Alaska Consolidated Copper CoAlaska Gold and Metal Co.Iron Cliff'

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Location

Lat / long:

55.62473, -132.58792

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1906
Last production ended:	1923

Geology

Host type:

Greenstone

References

MRDS	A010128
DEP	10000104
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 347, P. 123-125.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 642, P. 86-88.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 714, P. 119-121}{Deposit:: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4339}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1090, P. 32, 37, 42-43, 48, 112-116:}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 165, 168.}{Deposit:: USGS MF 433}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-869, P. 174-177.}{Production:: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4349.}
Reporter	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan