The Unnamed On Wrangell Narrows is a antimony mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed On Wrangell Narrows MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed On Wrangell Narrows
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): A PROSPECT LITTLE KNOWN IN THE LITERATURE AND APPARENTLY NOT ACTIVE SINCE THE 1940'S.
Comment (Deposit): THE ONLY PUBLISHED INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS GIVEN BY ROEHM (1945 [IR 195-37]). NEEDLE-LIKE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE AND PYRITE OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES IN REDDISH-COLORED GRANITE. ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 13.9% SB AND TRACES OF GOLD AND SILVER . BREW (1997 [OF 97-156-I]) SHOWS A SMALL CRETACEOUS DIORITE PLUTON THAT EXTENDS ACROSS WRANGELL NARROWS AT OR IN THE VICINITY OF THIS SITE; THE PLUTON IS BORDERED ON THE MITKOF SIDE OF THE WRANGELL NARROWS BY A LARGE CRETACEOUS HORNBLENDE-DIORITE PLUTON AND ON THE WOEWODSKI ISLAND IT IS SURROUNDED BY MESOZOIC GREENSTONE AND GREENSCHIST.
Comment (Production): NONE
Comment (Location): AS DESCRIBED BY ROEHM (1945 [IR 195-37]) THE LOCATION OF THIS SITE IS 'IN WRANGELL NARROWS ABOUT 2 3/4 MILE NORTH OF POINT ALEXANDER AND 1 1/5 MILE DUE NORTH OF MIDWAY ROCK. OLD CUT A FEW FEET UP FROM HIGH TIDE LINE.' THIS LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY IN THE VICINITY OF DECEMBER POINT BUT THE INFORMATION GIVEN IS INSUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROSPECT IS ON THE WOEWODSKI ISLAND SIDE OF THE MITKOF ISLAND SIDE OF WRANGELL NARROWS. THE COORDINATES FOR THE SITE ARE ARBITRARILY PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF WRANGELL NARROWS AND THE SITE IS PROBABLY WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THIS LOCATION.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Roehm, J. C., 1945, Preliminary report of investigations and itinerary of J. C. Roehm in the Wrangell and Petersburg precincts, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 195-37, 13 p.
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