The Unnamed Near Porterfield Creek is a tin mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed Near Porterfield Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Near Porterfield Creek
Commodity
Primary: Tin
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
Model Name: Alluvial placer Sn
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): SIXTEEN PLACER CLAIMS KNOWN ONLY GENERALLY TO BE ALONG PORTERFIELD IN SECTIONS 1, 2 AND 11, T. 62 S., R. 85 E. COORDINATES ARE APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE CLAIM BLOCK (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).
Comment (Production): PROBABLY NONE
Comment (Workings): SIXTEEN PLACER CLAIMS STAKED FOR SN; ACTIVE FROM 1965 TO 1967 BUT APPARENTLY NOT SINCE.
Comment (Deposit): SIXTEEN PLACER CLAIMS STAKED FOR SN; ACTIVE FROM 1965 TO 1967 BUT APPARENTLY NOT SINCE (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). NOTE THAT A VIABLE SOURCE FOR PLACER TIN HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE AG-SN-PB-ZN LAYERED SKARN DEPOSIT IN UPPER GROUNDHOG BASIN (PE040).
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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