The Unnamed (at the head of Kuiukta Bay) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (at the head of Kuiukta Bay) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (at the head of Kuiukta Bay)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula
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
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There were active claims at this site in the mid-1960's (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Porphyry copper? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 17)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located within the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This site appears to be underlain by a Tertiary pluton (Detterman and others, 1981). MacKevett and Holloway (1977) suggest that this occurrence is a porphyry-type deposit associated with an altered Tertiary intrusion. The U.S. Bureau of Mines (1973) lists the commodities at this site as gold, lead, and silver and indicates that claims were active here during the mid-1960's.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).
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