The Uranium 1 (in Selawik Hills) is a uranium and thorium mine located in Alaska.
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Uranium 1 (in Selawik Hills) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uranium 1 (in Selawik Hills)
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Selawik
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: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = One sample was collected and analyzed by U.S. Bureau of Mines (Barker, 1985).
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Radioactive minerals
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Sandstone U (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 30c)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Barker, 1985
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A poorly exposed outcrop of Tertiary sedimentary rocks occurs at this locality. The outcrop consists of alternating 4-inch-thick beds of lignitic coal and black mudstone. The bedding strikes N. 50 E. and dips 40 SE. A sample of carbonaceous sandstone contained 213 ppm U3O8 and 26 ppm Th (Barker, 1985).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary.
References
Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C., 1985, Sampling and analytical results of a mineral reconnaissance in the Selawik Hills area, northwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 43-85, 67 p.
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