The Unnamed is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula
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: Epithermal veins
Model Name: Epithermal vein, generic
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The only alteration reported is silicification.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Christie, 1974
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold vein, polymetallic vein
Comment (Deposit): Model Number = 25, 22
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Brief reconnaissance mapping reported by Christie (1974, source of geologic description) who also collected a few silt samples. Only anomalies were silver at up to 1.7 ppm and gold to 0.01 ppm. Butherus and others (1979) did brief reconnaissance for gold of area around Lenard Harbor, and found elevated mercury over a broad area.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Christie (1974) reported a 200 by 300 ft (60 by 90 m) color anomaly, exposed on a creek bed, that is due to irregularily distributed disseminated pyrite, not apparently related to any intrusive bodies. Country rocks are hornfelsed and silicified volcanic rocks, possibly dacite
Comment (Geology): Age = Pliocene or younger
References
Reference (Deposit): Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Butherus, D.L, Gressitt, E.E., Pray, J., Corner, N.G., Lindberg, P.H., and Fankhauser, R.E., 1979, Exploration and evaluation of the Aleut Native Corporation lands; Volume III: Resource Associates of Alaska, 69 p. 90 sheets, various sacales. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
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