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The Unnamed is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bering Sea

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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite-enrichment of the Cretaceous volcanic rocks is noted but other aspects of alteration here are not described.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Stream sediments from the drainage on the north side of the site contain anomalous levels of several metals. These stream sediment samples, collected over a distance of 2 1/2 miles downstream from the pyrite-enriched area, contain up to 700 ppm copper, 70 ppm molybdenum, 500 ppm lead, 1 ppm silver, and 700 ppm zinc (Patton and Csejtey, 1972).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic sulfide mineralization in altered volcanic rocks. Deposit model 22c (?); polymetallic veins

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Proximity of this mineralized area to the Poovookpuk Mountain prospect , although apparently more polymetallic in character, suggests that it is probably mid-Cretaceous, the age of K/Ar-dated intrusive and volcanic rocks on western St. Lawrence Island (Patton and Csejtey, 1980).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = An area of pyrite enrichment in Cretaceous volcanic rocks, over a mile across, was identified by Patton and Csejtey (1971, Figure 4). Although samples and descriptions of this area are not available, stream sediments from the drainage on its north side contain anomalous levels of several metals. These stream sediment samples, collected over a distance of 2 1/2 miles downstream from the pyrite-enriched area, contain up to 700 ppm copper, 70 ppm molybdenum, 500 ppm lead, 1 ppm silver, and 700 ppm zinc (Patton and Csejtey, 1972). These values suggest a polymetallic character to mineralization in the headwaters of this drainage.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Patton and Csejtey, 1971 (PP 684-C)

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1972, Analyses of stream sediment and rock samples from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1966-1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-293, 78 p.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.

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