The Unnamed Gold Occurrence is a mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 65.47417, -165.51639
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Unnamed Gold Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Gold Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Port Clarence
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1969
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Carbonates Replaced By Sideritic Carbonate Containing Quartz Veinlets.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Workings): NONE
Comment (Deposit): ALTERED BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE ALONG THRUST FAULT NEAR COCO CREEK CONTAINED TRACE AMOUNTS OF GOLD. LIMESTONE CONTAINS SMALL QUARTZ VEINLETS AND IS FAINTLY PYRITIZED.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 75-587 (1975)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 377 (OF 69-236), P. 17-18, SAMPLE NOS. ACB-332, 334 (1969)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-426, LOC. 19 (1972)
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