Unnamed

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

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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.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bering Sea

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:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb

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

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Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = If the stream sediment metal concentrations here reflect mineralization, this mineralization could be stratiform and similar in age to that of the nearby sedimentary rocks (Mississippian to Triassic). Alternatively, the potential mineralization could be related to mid-Cretaceous quartz monzonite that intrudes Mississippian limestone at the lower end of this drainage (Patton and Csejtey, 1980).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Patton and Csejtey, 1972

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Several of the stream sediment samples from this drainage, collected over a length of 1 1/2 miles, contain anomalous metal contents including 0.5 to 1.5 ppm silver and 100 to 500 ppm lead. Barium contents of all the stream sediment samples here are 150 to 500 ppm and their zinc contents are less than 200 to 700 ppm (Patton and Csejtey, 1972).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Several of the stream sediment samples from this drainage, collected over a length of 1 1/2 miles, contain anomalous metal contents including 0.5 to 1.5 ppm silver and 100 to 500 ppm lead. Barium contents of all the stream sediment samples here are 150 to 500 ppm and their zinc contents are less than 200 to 700 ppm (Patton and Csejtey, 1972). Exposed bedrock in this drainage is a small area of quartz monzonite and Mississippian limestone at its lower end. The cause of the elevated metal values is not apparent but these are the highest and most consistently anomalous silver and lead values in stream sediments from St. Lawrence Island. If these anomalous values reflect mineralization, this mineralization could be stratiform (associated with Mississippian to Triassic sedimentary rocks) or epigenetic (associated with mid-Cretaceous plutonism).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Base metal deposits in sedimentary rocks (synsedimentary or epigenetic). Deposit model 31a (?); sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb

References

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): 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., 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): 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.

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