Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass)

The Unnamed (south of Polychrome Pass) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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