The Unnamed (Norton Sound) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (Norton Sound) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (Norton Sound)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The coastal plain here is a low marine terrace cut into Paleozoic marble (Sainsbury and others, 1972 [OFR 72-322]). Fluvial or glacio-fluvial deposits of the Sinuk River drainage were reworked by shoreline processes in this area during development of the marine terrace. Two mining claims, apparently on or adjacent to the present beach and 1.5 miles northwest of the mouth of the Sinuk River, were located in 1968 and were active in 1972 (Heiner and Porter, 1972, Kardex site Kx 52-293). It is assumed that the mining claims were located on a placer gold prospect.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Heiner and Porter, 1972
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mining claims were located in 1968 and held at least through 1972.
Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene; active beach placer.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Beach placer Au.
References
Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.
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