Mine detail: Kennecott Mines

Previously called 'Kennecott Copper CorporationMines: Bonanza, Jumbo, Eric, Mother LodeProspects: Independence'

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Location

Lat / long:

61.52328, -142.8522

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Mercury
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1911
Last production ended:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Chitistone Limestone; Partially Dolomitized And Containing Products Of Cyclical Sabkha Deposition Locally
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Nikolai Greenstone; Altered Tholeiitic Basalt Sequence
Associated type:	Greenstone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Not Related To Depth; Practically Entire Deposit Has Been Partially Oxidized, Even In Deepest Levels Of Mine; Oxidized Ore Is Composed Of: Malachite, Limonite, Covellite, Antlerite, Azurite, Chalcanthite, Cuprite, Cu Arsenates And Brochantite?

References

MRDS	A011719
DEP	10107517
Reference	{Deposit:: ECON GEOL, V. 15, NO. 1, P. 1-80}{Deposit:: USBM BULL 405, P. 25, 205-206, 209-211, 275}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 947-F, P. 98-101}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 52-53, 56}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1323, P. 32-34}{Deposit:: USGS MF-773B, LOC. 89-93}{Deposit:: USGS CIRC 739, P. 4-5}{Deposit:: USGS MF-773C}{Deposit:: USGS PP 1050, P. 83, 201-202}{Deposit:: ADGGS SR 31, LOC. 149B}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-773B-92}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)