Unnamed (near Berg Bay)

The Unnamed (near Berg Bay) is located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Berg Bay)

Commodity

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Location

State: Alaska
District: Petersburg

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Five claims staked in 1920 and apparently not active since (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The rocks in the area consist of Tertiary-Cretaceous biotite schist, marble and calcsilicate gneiss (Brew, 1997 [OF 97-156-C]). No other deposits nearby.

References

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-1 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-C, 20 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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