Unnamed (headwaters of North Fork of Salcha River)

The Unnamed (headwaters of North Fork of Salcha River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (headwaters of North Fork of Salcha River)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Albanese,1984

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The occurrence noted by Albanese (1984) is a sample of limonite-stained quartzite. A rock sample contained 294 ppm Cu, 7 ppm Pb, 42 ppm Zn, 15.0 ppm Au, 4.2 ppm Ag, 20 ppm Mo, 4 ppm Sn, 525 ppm W, and 609 ppm Mn. Weber and others (1978) describe the regional geology as gneiss and quartzite.

References

Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Albanese, M.D., 1984, Geochemical reconnaissance of the upper Chena river area, central Alaska: analytical data on stream sediment, pan concentrate, and rock samples: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 84-4, 30 p.

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