The Unnamed (on Gareloi Island) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (on Gareloi Island) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (on Gareloi Island)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aleutian Islands
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
Ore: Paratacamite
Ore: Atacamite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The U.S. Geological Survey mapped this area in the 1950's (Coats, 1951).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located in the Aleutian Maritime Wildlife Refuge.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Coats, 1951
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Copper sublimate occurs on the scoriaceous surface of a lava flow (Coats, 1951). This material was found to be a mixture of atacamite and paratacamite.
References
Reference (Deposit): Coats, R.R., 1951, Geologic reconnaissance of Gareloi Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-J, 7 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1 inch equals 3/4 mile.
Reference (Deposit): Fraser, G.D., and Barnett, F.H., 1959, Geology of the Delarof and westernmost Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-I, 37 p., 4 map sheets, scale 1:250,000 and 1:25,000.
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