Syenite Gulch

The Syenite Gulch is a mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Syenite Gulch

Commodity

Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Thorite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient over 200 feet per mile.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = uranothorianite

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Radioactive minerals in stream sediments.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1947, the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the creek to evaluate the radioactive mineral potential.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At this occurrence, uranothoriate and thorite(?) occur in stream sediments overlying monzonite or syenite of the Late Cretaceous Granite Mountain pluton (Gault and others, 1953). Samples from prospect pits indicate that the amount of radioactivity decreases with depth. The highest equivalent uranium value from the samples was 0.088%.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.

Reference (Deposit): Gault, H.R., Killeen, P.L., West, W.S., and others, 1953, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the northeastern part of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 1945-47 and 1951: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 250, 31 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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