The Unnamed (east of lower Penny River) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (east of lower Penny River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (east of lower Penny River)
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: Past Producer
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): Age = Late Pleistocene.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1972 (OFR 72-321)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]) mapped a linear trend of placer workings about one-half mile long that trends northwest at an elevation of about 110 feet across the nose of a low north-trending hill. The low hill probably marks a bedrock ridge that was eroded during Quaternary sea-level transgressions across the coastal plain. The position and elevation of these workings suggest that they are correlative with the beach placer at Sunset Creek (NM173) about 3.3 miles to the northeast. This beach placer is probably part of the Third Beach system of the Nome coastal plain as concluded by Sainsbury and others (1972 [OFR 72-321]). It could also be an unnamed intermediate beach deposit.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Beach placer Au.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings are present at the site.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, Rodney, and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome C-2 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-321, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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