The Unnamed is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Canning
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
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brosge' and Reiser, 1976
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Placer is Recent in age but lode from which the placer was probably derived probably is Early Devonian in age.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au, Sn
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = 60 ppm Au and more than .1% Sn was found in panned concentrate of stream sediments collected downstream from zone of altered schist on west flank of Okpilak Batholith.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosg?, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
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