The Unnamed is a niobium (columbium), uranium, and thorium mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Niobium (Columbium), Uranium, Thorium
Lat, Long: 63.96111, -153.17611
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Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Commodity
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Cerium
Secondary: REE
Location
State: Alaska
District: McGrath
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: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Smoky quartz.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Miller and others (1980) report values of 25.4 ppm uranium and 68.9 ppm thorium. Clautice reports values from six grab samples ranging from 27.0 to 73.2 ppm thorium, 7.3 to 51.5 ppm uranium, 39 to 55 ppm niobium, up to 240 ppm cerium, and elevated tungsten and REE values.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Volcanogenic Uranium (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 25f)
Comment (Geology): Age = Inferred to be early Tertiary, based on isotopic ages from Sischu Volcanics (Moll and others, 1981).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MD001, MD002, and MD003.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Miller and others (1980) reported anomalous thorium and uranium from the Sischu Volcanics. Clautice and others (1993) noted extensive development of smoky quartz and large limonitically stained zones in outcrop. Inferred to be early Tertiary, based on isotopic ages from Sischu Volcanics (Moll and others, 1981).? Miller and others (1980) report values of 25.4 ppm uranium and 68.9 ppm thorium. Clautice and others (1993) reports values from six grab samples ranging from 27.0 to 73.2 ppm thorium 7.3 to 51.5 ppm uranium, 39 to 55 ppm niobium, up to 240 ppm cerium, and elevated tungsten and REE values.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Clautice and others, 1993
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Miller, T.P., Moll, E.J., and Patton, W.W. Jr., 1980, Uranium and thorium rich volcanic rocks of the Sischu Creek area, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-803, 27 pages.
Reference (Deposit): Clautice, K.H., Bowman, N.D., Clough, J.G., Gilbert, W.G., Kline, J.T., Smith, T.E., and Blodgett, R.B., 1993, Land selection Unit 8 (Kantishna River, Ruby, and Medfra quadrangles): References, lead isotope, geochemical and major oxide data: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 42 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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