Mine detail: Latouche Beatson Copper Co.

Previously called 'Mines: Beatson-Bonanza, Latouche, Kennecott Copper Corp.Prospects: Blackbird, Chinega'

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Location

Lat / long:

60.04455, -147.88667

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Gold, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1930

Geology

Host rock:	Orca Group;Orca Group;Orca Group
Host type:	Siltstone
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Structure:	Beatson Fault Locally Strikes N5e, Dips 60w. Sediments In Area Oriented N20, 65-70w

References

MRDS	A010628
DEP	10000455
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 204-206, 208-209}{Deposit:: THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920: HOUGHTON, MICH., W.H. WEED, P. 154}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 19. NO 4, 1924 P. 338-368}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 963, P. 63-65}{Deposit:: USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 254-256}{Deposit:: USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 137-138}{Deposit:: D. SINGER PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 1984}{Production:: THE COPPER HANDBOOK, V. 14, 1920: HOUGHTON, MICH., W.H. WEED, P.154; D. SINGER UNPUB. DATA, 1984.}
Reporter	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan