Mine detail: Cordova Copper Co.

Previously called 'Fleming Spit'

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Location

Lat / long: 60.56654, -145.72581

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Copper
Gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Orca Group
Host type:Metavolcanic Rock
Alteration processes:Surface alteration & extensive oxidation at depth (Grant, 1910).

References

MRDSA010428
DEP10000362
Reference{Deposit:: Grant, U.S., 1910, Mining and prospecting on Prince William Sound in 1909: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, p. 164-165.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-392, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Cordova quadragle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report OF 79-973, 74 p.}{Deposit:: Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Crowe, D.E., Nelson, S.W., Brown, P.E., Shanks III, W.C., and Valley, J.W., 1992, Geology and geochemistry of volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and related igneous rocks, Prince William Sound, south-central Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 87, p. 1722-1746.}
ReporterS.W. Nelson