Unnamed (in headwaters of Little Champion Creek)

The Unnamed (in headwaters of Little Champion Creek) is a uranium mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (in headwaters of Little Champion Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Thorium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Circle

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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Uranium and thorium in granite.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Barker and Clautice, 1977.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Roy Creek, ARDF no. CI051.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Uranium and thorium detected in coarse-grained biotite granite. Samples showed 17 ppm U, 14.5 ppm Th, 200cps (Barker and Clautice, 1977).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C. and Clautice, K. H., 1997, Anomalous uranium concentrations in artesian springs and stream sediments in the Mount Prindle area, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 130-77, 19 p.

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