The Salmon Bay Occurrence is a ree mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Salmon Bay Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salmon Bay Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: REE
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Thorium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Parisite
Ore: Thorite
Ore: Bastnaesite
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL VEINS IN VICINITY CONTAIN RARE EARTH FLUOROCARBONATES. THESE VEINS ARE A FEW INCHES TO A FEW FEET THICK, AND DIP BETWEEN N35W AND N60E.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO PAY STREAK VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVE MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED IN SOME VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 248, P. 9-10
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1058-A, P. 6-23.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE 80-793, TABLE 2
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