Unnamed

The Unnamed is a molybdenum and chromium mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Chromium

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: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Model Name: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Mesozoic and (or) Paleozoic (Reed and Nelson, 1980) or Late Cretaceous/early Tertiary (Foley and others, 1997) chromite-bearing dunite. Tertiary; vein hosted quartz-molybdenite presumed to be related to the middle Tertiary (38 m.y.) granodiorite (Reed and others, 1978).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed and others, 1978

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance mapping, stream silt and rock sampling are all that have been done here. Chromium content of 0.7 to 1% from typical dunite is given in Reed and others (1978). The average of 3 microprobe analyses of one sample was 58.4% Cr2O3, 21.1% FeO, 8.9% MgO, and 9.7% Al2O3.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Reed and others (1978) describe this coincident mineral occurrence of a quartz-molybdenite vein cutting Paleozoic and (or) Mesozoic (Reed and Nelson, 1980) or Late Cretaceous/early Tertiary (?) (Foley and others, 1997) chromite-bearing dunite. The quartz-molybdenite vein is 20 to 50 centimeters thick, with as much as 20 volume percent molybdenite as foliated tabular crystals up to 5 centimeters in diameter. It is probably genetically related to the middle Tertiary (38 m.y.) granodiorite of Mt. Foraker (Reed and Nelson, 1980) and may indicate porphyry molybdenum/copper potential (Reed and others, 1978). The dunite is part of the Dall trend described in TL002, 003, TL009 - 012, and TL055.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Podiform chromite (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 8a); vein is possibly related to Porphyry Cu-Mo (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21a) or Porphyry Mo, Low-F (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21b).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This prospect is located within Denali National Park and Preserve.

References

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): 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): 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): 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.

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