Mine detail: Copper City Mine

Previously called 'Red Wing'

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Location

Lat / long:

55.13444, -132.61568

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Slate
Associated type:	Diabase

References

MRDS	A010075
DEP	10100930
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 254, P. 51, 53.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 347, P. 106-107.}{Deposit:: ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 21-22.}{Deposit:: USGS MF 433}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-869, P. 40.}
Reporter	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan