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The Unnamed is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury

Location

State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Materials

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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Reference (Deposit): Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps.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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