The Unnamed is a chromium, copper, and nickel mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Chromium, Copper, Nickel
Lat, Long: 62.71194, -151.82500
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Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Alaska
District: Yentna
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: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Mesozoic and (or) Paleozoic (Reed and Nelson, 1980) or Late Cretaceous/early Tertiary (Foley and others, 1997).
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = other unknown copper or nickel-bearing sulfides
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Podiform chromite (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 8a).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Mineral occurrences in the Dall Trend are all within Denali National Park and Preserve.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance mapping, stream silt and rock sampling are all that have been done here. Assays from the massive sulfides contained as much as 0.14% copper, 0.17% nickel, 0.08% chrome. Soil samples from this part of the ultramafic belt contained values as high as 1500 ppm copper and 6000 ppm nickel.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence is described by C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc. (1978) as a pod of massive sulfides, mainly pyrrhotite, with exposed dimensions of 4 feet by 20 feet. Assays from the massive sulfides contained as much as 0.14% copper, 0.17% nickel, 0.08% chrome. Soil samples from this part of the ultramafic belt contained values as high as 1500 ppm copper and 6000 ppm nickel.? This is one of several chromite occurrences in a 25-mile long belt of alpine-type ultramafic bodies described by C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc. (1978, Fig. 4.1-(C)3 and Fig. 4.0-B), as part of the Dall Trend, that are discontinuously exposed from the Dall Glacier northeast to the Lacuna Glacier. These chromite- and magnetite-bearing dunite and peridotite sills are shown by Reed and Nelson (1980) in a narrow belt of middle to upper Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that are exposed between the middle Tertiary (38 m.y.) Foraker pluton and the northwest-trending fault which places the Paleozoic rocks over the Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks (KJs). Foley and others (1997, p. 431) suggest that these ultramafic bodies may be genetically related to the composite plutons (Tcp) of Reed and Nelson (1980) in the upper Yentna River. ? Other chromite occurrences in this trend are described in TL002, TL003, TL008 - 010, TL012, and TL055.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = other unknown copper or nickel-bearing sulfides.
References
Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): C.C. Hawley and Associates, Inc., 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 275 p., 7 plates.
Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Foley, J.Y., Light, T.D., Nelson, S.W., and Harris, R.A., 1997, Mineral occurrences associated with mafic-ultramafic and related alkaline complexes in Alaska: Economic Geology, Monograph 9, p. 396-449.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of reference to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-884, 106 p.
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