The Sunaghun Creek is a uranium mine located in Alaska.
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Sunaghun Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunaghun Creek
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Sheenjek
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = White (1952)
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Unknown radioactive minerals
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Analyses of three samples from three nearby localities are reported by White (1952, p. 8-9):? 1. Sample no. 48AWe90 is heavy mineral concentrate from stream gravels and contains an altered unknown uraniferous mineral containing Fe, Ti, Al, and Si, and 0.016% eU at 8200:1 concentration ratio;? 2. Sample no.48AWe99 is heavy mineral concentrate from disintegrated rhyolitic dike and contains unknown orange and translucent Ca- and P-bearing uraniferous mineral with dull luster, and 0.060% eU at 2000:1 concentration ratio; also contains hematite with uraniferous impurity;? 3. Sample no. 48AWe100 is from crushed fragments of fresh rock at same locality as sample no. 48AWe99, and contains minute radioactive particles on weathered surfaces and altered fractures in euhedral pyrite, and 0.030% eU at 450:1 concentration ratio.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Unknown radioactive minerals
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Not considered a commercial source of uranium
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Coleen quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-403, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): White, M.G., 1952, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits along the Upper Porcupine and Lower Coleen Rivers, northeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 185, 13 p.
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