Jonesy Mine

Alaska, United States

Copper

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Commodities

PrimaryCopper

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite

GangueActinolite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockGreenschist

Associated rockBasalt

StructureHorses Or Boudins Of Massive Greenstone In Matrix Of Schistose Version Of Same Cut By Fresh Dikes

AlterationGreenschist And Greenstone Have Basalt Protolith

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

Identification

Deposit ID10000356

MRDS IDA010420

Alternate namesBald Eagle, Knight Island Consolidated Copper Co.

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates60.33845, -147.73753

References

USGS BULLETIN 379, P.89-90USGS BULLETIN 963-B, P.70-71ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 16, P.17-18,20USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 222USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P.122