The Unnamed Near Petersburg Creek is a silver, gold, iron, thorium, and uranium mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Iron, Thorium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 56.83278, -133.04694
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Unnamed Near Petersburg Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Near Petersburg Creek
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Iron
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO CLAIMS STAKED FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN 1956, AND ONE CLAIM STAKED NEARBY FOR AU, FE, AND AG IN 1960. APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER WORK AFTER THE INITIAL STAKING ON THESE CLAIMS AND NO OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE KNOWN NEARBY.
Comment (Location): ABOUT THREE MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG, SOUTH OF THE ESTUARY AT THE MOUTH OF PETERSBURG CREEK. APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF TWO CLAIMS STAKED FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN 1956, AND ONE CLAIM STAKED NEARBY FOR AU, FE, AND AG IN 1960 (U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). LOCALITY 18 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).
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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