The Unnamed On Found Island is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed On Found Island MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed On Found Island
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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 (Location): COORDINATES ARE AT THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A SINGLE LODE CLAIM ON FOUND ISLAND AT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE TO ZIMOVIA STRAIT; STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1962 AND ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1977 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).
Comment (Deposit): A SINGLE LODE CLAIM WAS STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1962 AND WAS ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1997 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). ROCKS IN THE VICINITY CONSIST OF CRETACEOUS SCHIST AND HORNFELS AND CRETACEOUS TONALITE AND RELATED INTERMEDIATE PLUTONIC ROCKS (BREW AND OTHERS, 1984).
Comment (Workings): A SINGLE LODE CLAIM WAS STAKED FOR GOLD IN 1962 AND WAS ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1997 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).
References
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.
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): Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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