Unnamed (near Bell Island)

The Unnamed (near Bell Island) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Bell Island)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

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

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A single placer gold claim was staked in 1967 but apparently has not been active since. No other confirmation of gold values and no other mineral deposits nearby.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = None

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = None

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A gold placer indicated only by the presence of a claim located here in 1967. There is no record of production or of further work on the property and no other lode or placer gold deposits nearby. The rocks in the vicinity consist of Silurian Hecate Limestone and associated polymictic conglomerate (Brew, 1997 [OF 97-156-F]).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

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.

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): Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-F, 23 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

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