The Unnamed (south side of Tuluksak River) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (south side of Tuluksak River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (south side of Tuluksak River)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aniak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hoare and Coonrad, 1959
Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic or younger; host rocks to copper minerals are Jurassic andesitic and basaltic volcanic rocks (Box and others, 1993).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Hoare and Coonrad (1959) reported that copper-bearing minerals had been observed in andesitic bedrock dredged from the base of the Tuluksak River placer deposit (BH014). They show a lode copper prospect approximately at this map site but the accuracy of this location is not known. Bedrock in the area is Jurassic andesitic and basaltic volcanic rocks (Box and others, 1993).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1959, Geologic map of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-285, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-455, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.
Reference (Deposit): Box, S.E, Moll-Stalcup, E.J., Frost, T.P., and Murphy, J.M., 1993, Preliminary geologic map of the Bethel and southern Russian Mission quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2226-A, 20 p., scale 1:250,000.
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