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Chalcopyrite from
Duchess Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Duchess Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:603237
Long-form Identifier:1:3:603237:1
GUID (UUID V4):7b677e0f-5842-400f-8dc6-5b448f3385be
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Duke; Reynolds Alaska; Banta Shaft; Iron Mountain No. 6; Iron Mountain No. 4 Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Tiger and W and L Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) Reynolds-Alaska Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR310; east of Reynolds Peak), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SR312; Latouche island near Reynolds Peak), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Chenega; Latouche Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR313; 1.2 miles southeast of Reynolds Peak), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Alameda Occurrence, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SR314; east shore Latouche Island), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.2km (2.6 miles) Beatson mine (Beatson-Bonanza Mine; Big Bonanza Copper Mine), Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Copper Deposits of the Prince William Sound District, Alaska By FRED H. MOFFIT and ROBERT E. FELLOWS...FELLOWS MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1945-46, pp. 47-79 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 963-B An account of..._____----___--_______________________ Northeastern Prince William Sound----_-__-_--___-_____________--___ Port ...Valdez___________________-_-__---___-__.___.___--____ Midas mine---_-^_-_-----------_------------_--_--__----__ Sulphide..._ Threeman Mining Co. claims.______________________________ Landlocked Bay Copper Mining Co. claims._____
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE LOWER COPPER RIVER BASIN, By FRED H. MOFFIT. COPPER MINING IN CHITINA VALLEY. INTRODUCTION...activity of the copper market is reflected in the district by increased interest in prospecting for copper...ores of the district extending from Kotsina River to Nizina are chiefly bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone)...the principal metal that has been sought in this district, silver has been found at one locality, where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MassiveSulfideDepositsand RelatedIgneousRocks,PrinceWilliam Sound,South-CentralAlaska DOUGLASE. CROWE,* Depa•mentof...locatedapproximately 100 km east-southeast of Anchorage,Alaska,andcontains the geologically diverseLateCretaceous...dominatedmineralogically by pyrite, pyrrhotite,chalcopyrite, andsphalerite.Minorphasesincludecubanitc,arsenopyrite...1722 MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA 1723 9.2 per mil for sediment-hosted deposits...massivesulfidedepositsin the Prince productionresulted(Moffit, 1954; Nelson et al., William Sound region, located
Report (volume)
THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ALASKA BY U. S. GRANT AND D. F. HIGGINS WASHINGTON................................................. Valdez group...................................................................... 50 Diabase dikes at Valdez Narrows.......................... 50 Diabase in...Company.......................... 62 Three Man Mining Company.............................. 62 FidalgoBay........ 62 Fidalgo Mining Company..-...........--..'............... 63 Fidalgo Alaska Copper Company..
Report (issue)
mineral deposit types in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska by James D. Bliss Open-File Report 89-345 The...endowment of the Chugach National Forest (CNF), Alaska at the 90th, 50th, and 10th percentile by planning...Kenai-Chugach Mountains of south-central Alaska (fig. 1), is about 23,000 km^ in area. The CNF has been the subject...3,1964), the RARE H program (19791983) and the Alaska Mineral Resources Program (AMRLAP). Early studies...Traditionally, they have been divided into two units, the Valdez Group and the Orca Group (Schrader, 1900; Tysdal
Report (issue)
of the Prince William Sound GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 989-E MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1951 *...OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND REGION, ALASKA By Fred H. Moffit ABSTRACT / The geology of Prince William...William Sound was the subject of some of the earliest geologic investigation carried on in Alaska and from...older group, the Valdez, are exposed chiefly on the north and west sides of the sound. The younger or...;md the mainland of the southeastern part of the sound. They were conceived as overlying the Valclez rocks
Report (volume)
Latouche Island Alaska By FRANCIS A. STEJER MINERAL GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF ALASKA BULLETIN ...deposits in the southwestern part of Prince ff^illiam Sound area UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...Description... ________________ __ __. _ _______ Duchess claim__________________________________________...400 and 500 ft. levels Duchess claim, Horseshoe Bay, Latouche Island, Alaska.___ ___ In pocket Page FIGURE...FIGURE 11. Index map of Prince William Sound area, Alaska showing location of Horseshoe Bay____---_-
Report (issue)
COPPER MINING AND PROSPECTING ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. By TJ.-S. GRANT-and D. F. HIGGINS, Jr. INTRODUCTION...Survey visited Prince William Sound; one examined the extreme northwestern part of the district/ and the other...made an examination of a considerable part of "the sound and described several copper prospects. b In 1900...further information concerning the progress of mining and prospecting was obtained.6 In 1908 the writers...of the sound is now in preparation. Prospecting for copper on the shores of Prince William Sound dates
Report (volume)
PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON.................................... Southeastern Alaska......................................................................................... Prince William Sound............................................................................ Southwestern Alaska............................................................................................ THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks.........
Report (volume)
Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1994 AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE...to Superintendent of Documents.) • ANCHORAGE, Alaska-4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 • LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal...the U.S. Geological Survey offices: • FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. • ROLLA...SPACE CENTER, Mississippi-Bldg. 3101 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Earth...Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1994 Thomas E. Moore
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...most part undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but...been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these were more in the nature...development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the semiprecious and base metals, however...published later. GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described
Report (issue)
OTHER MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC METALLOGENIC PROVINCES IN ALASKA (WEST OF THE 141st MERIDIAN) By Jeffrey Y. Foley1...Mines, Alaska Field Operations Center. Present address: 3301 C Street, Suite 525, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503-3935...Introduction Metallogenic provinces Northern and western Alaska Western Brooks Range metallogenic province Seward...metallogenic province Alaska Range Eastern Alaska Range metallogenic province Central Alaska Range metallogenic...metallogenic province Southwestern Alaska metallogenic province South-Central Alaska Border Ranges metallogenic
Report (volume)
Brooks.................................... 5 The mining industry in 1908, by Alfred H. Brooks............peat fuel in Alaska, by C. A. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Mining in southeastern...southeastern Alaska, by C. ,V. Wright............................. 67 Copper mining and prospecting on Prince...Prince ·william Sound, by U. S. Grant and D. F. I·Iiggins, jr_... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Gold on Prince William Sound, by U.S. Grant.........................
Report (issue)
NONMETALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EASTERN SOUTHERN ALASKA TO ACCOMPANY OPEN-FILE MAP 77-169A This report...NONMETALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EASTERN SOUTHERN ALASKA (To accompany open-file map 77-169A) By E. M....eastern southern Alaska. The table and accompanying map -are part of the Regional Alaska Minerals Resource...Resource Assessment Program (RAMRAP).for. southern Alaska. They are based on an extensive literature search...Geological Survey and information derived from the Alaska Minerals Resource Appraisal Program (AMRAP) were
Journal (issue)
can be applied to labels. They are as follows: Mining Engineer Shortage The decline in the number of...an effect on at least one profession: mining engineering. Mining engineers obviously have to know their...continues to grow while the number of new graduates in mining engineering has fallen so low that it is no longer...retire. “The mining engineering workforce is short by 300%,” says University of Arizona Mining Engineering...are [graduating] students to fill them.” Only 86 mining engineers graduated nationwide last year, and the
Report (volume)
of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits of Alaska Compiled From Published Reports of Federal and...of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska, compiled from published reports of Federal and...resources Indexes. 2. Mines' and mineral resources Alaska. I. Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-, rjoint author.....__-____________--___-___-__---__-___--Blying Sound quadrangle____________.__________________________..._______________.__ _______.____-___.__-___-__ Cordova quadrangle.__________________________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SCAPOLITIZATION IN THE CLONCURRY DISTRICT OF N O R T H - W E S T E R N Q U E E N S L A N D By A. B. E...scapolitization have been found in the Cloneurry district of north-western Queensland, centring on the Dugald...River lead prospects, the old Duchess copper mine, and the Trekelano copper mine. At Duga]d River the scapolite...scapolite rocks occur over an area of more than 50 square miles, while at Duchess they outcrop over more than...the volume of acid rocks exposed is small. A t Duchess, and at Trekelano, the granite and syenite rocks
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representing an important part of Australia’s mining and mineralogical heritage. In addition, it featured...in western Sydney. Unlike today, at that time the area around the quarry was bushland and well away from...Smithsonite. (7 × 4 cm; D49972), Broken Hill Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Prospect dolerite...Figure 6. Anglesite (5 × 3 cm; D49920), Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Figure 7. Pyromorphite...(4.7 × 3 cm; D49966), 17 Level, Zinc Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales. specimens from these
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Postcard view of the Tenderfoot mine (about 19131, Esterbrook copper district, Albany County. John Taylor...and Grace Dyck and wus titled “The Sunrise Iron Mine near Hartville, Wyoming”; it appeared in the MaylJune...Minerals was titled “The Copper Mountain Pegmatite District, Freniont County, Wyoming” and was in the JulylAugust...float will not be described, although the general area will be. Because chalcedony (jaspers, agates, chens...present within a small area, they are grouped under the district name. District names are from Hausel
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Dugald River). The examples in the southeast of the area including Cannington are restricted to a <1680 Ma...Cu-Au deposits have established the Cloncurry district in the southeast of this region as a discrete...with its own distinctive metallogenic styles. The district contains several other recently discovered ore...resources that have proved attractive to junior mining companies are 'rediscoveries' rendered economic...Cu-leaching technologies. DISTRICT GEOLOGY HISTORY OF THE CLONCURRY MINING DISTRICT Copper was discovered
Report (volume)
so successful. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. Mining Machinery Dept. OFFICES For Canadian MILWAUKEE...Canada THE MINES HANDBOOK Meeting tbe Needs of Mine and Smelter Hundreds of plants on both American...service from Superior Jaw Crusher Worthington mining equipment the from the standpoint of first cost...most wear, Worthington meets the needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...(all types) Crushers Crushing Rolls NEW YORK Mine Pumps Oil Engines Sampling Machinery Screens Stamp
Book
Mineralogical Record, Inc., P.O. Box 35565, Tucson, AZ 85750 USA. Copies may be purchased, while supply lasts, at...Md Cover photo: the 180 fathom level of East Pool mine, Illogan, Cornwall, in 1893, by John Charles Burrow...Chris Stanley, into Minerals of the English lAke District: Caldbeck Fells (1990), a rather cumbersome title...educational works; James Gregory, Henry Heuland, William Semmons, William Davidson, and Bryce Wright Jr. published...producing the specimens for fear of being found out by mine management, and dealers would carefully guard their
Report (volume)
California. THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1922 MACHINERY FOR MINE • MILL SMELTER Embodying recent developments...Hydraulic TurbinpM MILWAUKEE, Metallurgical Machinery Mining Machinery Perforated Oil l-:imini-- Metals I'liiiiliini:...are getting the most in service from Worthington mining equipment — :the most from the standpoint of first...power consumption. Worthington meets needs of the mining industries with a complete line of products, from...Compressor NEW YORK Crushing Rolls Air Compressors Mine Pumps Ball Mills Blast Furnaces Oil Engines Screens
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beneath tall dripping shafts. These in the Golconda Mine lie in a pool within a flowstone cascade in a section...found that from 8000 to 12,000 years ago, the vast area covered by northern hemisphere peatlands increased...models predicting that, as climates warmed, and the area occupied by wetlands expanded, methane emissions...village of Bircotes, 15 km south of Doncaster. This mine was mothballed 20 months previously, with ‘geological...an investment decision to re-open the mine. The last new mine to open was at Asfordby in Leicestershire
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral composition, with pyrite-pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite ± sphalerite mineralization in the Besshi-type...Besshi-type deposits versus pyrite-sphalerite-galena-chalcopyrite-gold mineralization in the Kuroko-type deposits...follow-up work on numerous Bronze Age workings. Modern mining history started back at the end of the 18th century...Sayan Salair Range Salair Range Salair Range Mining district Kuroko Kuroko Kuroko Urals Urals Urals Kuroko...to recognize all the metamorphic terranes in the area extending from Chulyshman to Irtysh, as well as
 
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