The Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Paleocene or younger.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This record
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = No recent exploration or development work. No record of old mine workings; probably surface work only.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the prospect is in Denali National Park Wilderness.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this prospect are the Paleocene Cantwell Formation, which consists of andesite, basalt, rhyolite and dacite flows, pyroclastic rocks, a few interbeds of sandstone and a few small bodies of related subvolcanic intrusive rocks. Little information about this deposit has been made public. Apparently, it consists of auriferous quartz veins in the Paleocene volcanic rocks.
References
Reference (Deposit): Stevens, D.L., 2001, Alaska Resource Data File, Healy quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-109, 441 p.
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