The Unnamed (south shore of Gardner Bay) is a uranium mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (south shore of Gardner Bay) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (south shore of Gardner Bay)
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan
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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Unidentified black radioactive mineral(s)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = MacKevett, 1963
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The prospects were explored by several small pits, probably in the 1950s.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The area of this site is underlain by a Cretaceous quartz diorite stock that is intruded by numerous Tertiary andesite or dacite dikes (MacKevett, 1963, pl. 1). The prospects (MacKevett, 1963, p. 93-94; Cobb and Elliott, 1980, p. 138) are on pegmatite dikes and lenses up to 2 feet thick that cut quartz diorite. The dikes consist mainly of very coarse grained perthite and quartz, but they also contain small amounts of plagioclase, biotite, and magnetite, and a very sparse, unidentified black radioactive mineral or minerals. The prospects were explored by several small pits, probably in the 1950s.
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1963, Geology and ore deposits of the Bokan Mountain uranium-thorium area, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1154, 125 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Elliott, R.L., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1053, 154 p.
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