Unnamed (on Gareloi Island)

The Unnamed (on Gareloi Island) is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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