Unnamed Near Totem Bay

The Unnamed Near Totem Bay is a thorium and uranium mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Near Totem Bay

Commodity

Primary: Thorium
Primary: Uranium

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): NO PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION OF THE CLAIM BLOCK. ROCKS IN THE VICINITY CONSIST OF OF A THICK SEQUENCE OF QUATERNARY-TERTIARY RHYOLITE (BREW, 1997 [OF 97-156-G]).

Comment (Workings): NINE LODE CLAIMS STAKED FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN 1955; APPARENTLY NO WORK SINCE ON THESE CLAIMS.

Comment (Location): COORDINATES ARE AT THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A BLOCK OF NINE LODE CLAIMS ON SOUTHERN KUPREANOF ISLAND (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). LOCALITY 26 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).

Comment (Exploration): Status = 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.

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.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-5 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-G, scale 63,360, one sheet, 20 p. pamphlet.

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