Mine detail: Mirror Harbor Copper-Nickel Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

57.79443, -136.32092

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Plagioclase, Pyroxene
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1911

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Norite
Associated type:	Diorite,Norite
Tectonic:	Chugach Terrane

References

MRDS	A013252
DEP	10002338
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS B 947-C, P. 56-63, PLATES 15, 16 (1946)}{Deposit:: USGS B 936-I, P. 221-243 (1942)}{Deposit:: USGS MF-467, LOC. 16 (1972)}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-450, P. 82-84 (1978)}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 20-73, LOC. 153B (1978)}{Other Database:: BAG-B-947-C-PL-15, 16}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.)