Description
C.L. Warner, Jack Smith
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
TertiaryMercury, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Chitistone Limestone; Partially Dolomitized And Containing Products Of Cyclical Sabkha Deposition Locally
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone; Altered Tholeiitic Basalt Sequence
AlterationOxidation 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?
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1911
Last production1938
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10107517
MRDS IDA011719
Alternate namesKennecott Copper Corporation, Mines: Bonanza, Jumbo, Eric, Mother Lode, Prospects: Independence
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.52328, -142.85221
References
ECON GEOL, V. 15, NO. 1, P. 1-80USBM BULL 405, P. 25, 205-206, 209-211, 275USGS BULL 947-F, P. 98-101USGS BULL 1246, P. 52-53, 56USGS BULL 1323, P. 32-34USGS MF-773B, LOC. 89-93USGS CIRC 739, P. 4-5USGS MF-773CUSGS PP 1050, P. 83, 201-202ADGGS SR 31, LOC. 149BBAG-MF-773B-92