The Unnamed (near Chekhechunnjik Creek) is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (near Chekhechunnjik Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (near Chekhechunnjik Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chandalar
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The brief description of this prospect provided by Brosgi and Reiser (1972) indicates only anomalous gold and silver values in samples from a vein described as a single, thin, arsenic-rich vein in a system of east-west-trending quartz veins. The samples returned values as high as 3.6 ppm Au; Ag values were 1 to 3 ppm. Brosgi and Reiser (1972) also note several additional weakly anomalous rock and soil samples in an area which extends several miles to the southwest of the principal occurrence. The area is mapped as dark gray to black, gray to reddish-brown weathering, quartz-muscovite schist (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brosgi and Reiser, 1972
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Cruz, E.L., 1983, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-278, 91 p.
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): DeYoung, J.H., Jr., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-878-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Chandalar and Wiseman quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-340, 205 p.
Reference (Deposit): Brosgi, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1972, Geochemical reconnaissance in the Wiseman and Chandalar districts and adjacent region, southern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 709, 21 p.
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