The Unnamed (west of Sunset Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (west of Sunset Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (west of Sunset Creek)
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 (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect is a large block of patented claims (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1320) about 2.5 miles long, generally oriented easterly and almost 1 mile wide. The claim block extends north into the foothills but is mostly on the upper coastal plain, west of Sunset Creek (NM173). The block is inferred to be located on an intermediate and unnamed buried beach deposit on the coastal plain.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The claims were sufficiently explored to obtain patent (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1320) on a large block. They are not known to have been developed. The claims predate 1925 because they appear on a Hammon Consolidated Goldfields map of that date.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Buried beach placer?
References
Reference (Deposit): Hawley, C.C., and Hudson, T.L., 2002, Alaska Resource Data File, Nome quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-113, 735 p.
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