Unnamed Near Gunnuk Creek

The Unnamed Near Gunnuk Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Near Gunnuk Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kupreanof

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): ONLY INFORMATION IS THAT FOUR LODE CLAIMS WERE STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1968; APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE (U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980; AND STATE OF ALASKA UNPUBLISHED KARDEX MINING CLAIMS FILE).

Comment (Production): NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION AND HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THERE WAS ANY.

Comment (Location): CLAIMS ON UPPER GUNNUK CREEK, NORTHWESTERN KUPREANOF ISLAND, ABOUT THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF KAKE. LOCALITY 9 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984). LOCATION KNOWN ONLY GENERALLY AND COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE CLAIMS.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map No. 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D. J., Berg, H. C., and Karl, S. M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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