Mine detail: Whale

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.97843, -148.01556

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Orca Group;Orca Group
Host type:Siltstone

References

MRDSA010602
DEP10000435
Reference{Deposit:: Schrader, F.C., and Spencer, A.C., 1901, The geology and mineral resources of a portion of the Copper River district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 94 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H. and Tysdal, R.G., 1980, Summaries of data on and list of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-621, 276 p.}
ReporterJeff A. Huber