The Unnamed is a silver and copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Secondary: Unnamed (northeast of upper Sheep Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation of Cu-minerals.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Extent of exploration is apparently only the collection of a surface grab sample. Analysis of the float sample yielded 20 ppm Ag, 1 ppm Au, and greater than 20,000 ppm Cu (Miller and others, 1978).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger, quartz vein cuts Late Cretaceous and Paleocene tonalite.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Float sample of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene tonalite contained vein quartz with pyrite, chalcopyrite, and malachite stains. Analysis of the float sample yielded 20 ppm Ag, 1 ppm Au, and greater than 20,000 ppm Cu (Miller and others, 1978).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1978
References
Reference (Deposit): Miller, R.J., Cooley, E.F., O'Leary, R.M., Garmezy, larry, Csejtey, Bela, Jr., Smith, T.E., and Cleveland, M.N., 1978, Analysis of geochemical samples from the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-1052, 279 p.
Reference (Deposit): Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-558-B, 20 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Singer, D.A., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and discussion of the metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resources of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-588-Q, 33 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-716, 63 p.
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