Unnamed

The Unnamed is a uranium and thorium mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Rubidium
Secondary: Cerium

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

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Inferred to be early Tertiary, based on isotopic ages of Sischu Volcanics (Moll and others, 1981).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Miller and others (1980) report values of 16.4 ppm uranium and 73.8 ppm thorium from grab samples. Clautice and others (1993) report lower uranium and thorium values than those reported by Miller and others, (1980), but up to 900 ppm rubidium, and elevated cerium levels.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MD001-004.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Miller and others (1980) report anomalous uranium and thorium levels in slightly porphyritic, fine-grained rhyolite. No ore minerals were identified. Two areas of strongly radioactive rhyolite, each about 4 miles long by 1 to 2 miles wide (6.4 km by 0.8 km) , are separated by 2 miles (3.2 km) of ridgeline. Age is inferred to be early Tertiary, based on isotopic ages of Sischu Volcanics (Moll and others, 1981).? Miller and others (1980) report values of 16.4 ppm uranium and 73.8 ppm thorium from grab samples. Clautice and others (1993) report lower uranium and thorium values than those reported by Moll and others (1981), but up to 900 ppm rubidium, and elevated cerium levels.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1980

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Volcanogenic Uranium (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 25f)

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): Moll, E.J., Silberman, M.L., and Patton, W.W. Jr., 1981, Chemistry, mineralogy, and K-Ar ages of igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811C, 15 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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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