The Unnamed is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Model Name: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Formation of calc-silicate skarn in amphibolite country rock
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Elliott and Koch, 1981
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Skarn
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This occurrence is in Misty Fiords National Monument
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the general area of this occurrence are Mesozoic or Paleozoic paragneiss and orthogneiss, and subordinate amphibolite and marble (Elliott and Koch, 1981; Koch, 1997). ? the mineral occurrence consists of small, irregular pods of garnet-diopside skarn containing 1% disseminated molybdenite (Elliott and Koch, 1981, loc. 11). The skarn, which is accompanied by calc-silicate rock, forms pods and discontinuous disrupted layers(?) in amphibolite. The molybdenite occurs as minute discrete flakes in the skarn, and in and near glassy quartz veinlets (Koch, 1997, p. 31). Pelitic paragneiss about 1.5 miles north of this occurrence contains disseminated minute flakes of molybdenite, and geochemically anomalous Ag and Sn (Koch, 1997, p. 31). Koch (1997, p. 30-32) also reports anomalous values of Ag, Au, Cu, Mo, Sn, and Zn in a few geochemical samples collected by the U. S. Geological Survey in the late 1970's near this occurrence.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Pelitic paragneiss about 1.5 miles north of this occurrence contains disseminated minute flakes of molybdenite, and geochemically anomalous Ag and Sn (Koch, 1997, p. 31). Koch (1997, p. 30-32) also reports anomalous values of Ag, Au, Cu, Mo, Sn, and Zn in a few geochemical samples collected in the area near this occurrence by the U.S.Geological Survey in the late 1970's.
References
Reference (Deposit): Koch, R.D., 1997, Metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-271, 57 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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