Unnamed On Wrangell Narrows

The Unnamed On Wrangell Narrows is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed On Wrangell Narrows

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Petersburg

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

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 (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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