The Rapid River tributary is a uranium mine located in Alaska.
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Rapid River tributary MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rapid River tributary
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Sheenjek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Uranium-bearing mineral in heavy-mineral concentrate of stream gravel tentatively identified as altered rutile based on incomplete spectrographic analysis; optical properties resembled those of eschynite (White, 1952, p. 8).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence # 0020330003 (USBM, 1995)
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Unspecified Uranium mineral
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer; stream
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = .052% eU in heavy mineral fraction at a concentration ratio of 2700:1 (White, 1952, p. 8, field no. 48Awe117)
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Unspecified Uranium mineral
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = White (1952)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): White, M.G., 1952, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits along the Upper Porcupine and Lower Coleen Rivers, northeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 185, 13 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Coleen quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-403, scale 1:250,000.
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