Unnamed (near Elephants Nose)

The Unnamed (near Elephants Nose) is a uranium and thorium mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Unnamed (near Elephants Nose)

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Uranium, Thorium

Lat, Long: 56.432, -132.51000

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Unnamed (near Elephants Nose) MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Elephants Nose)


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium


Location

State: Alaska
District: Petersburg


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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

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

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = One lode claim staked for radioactive minerals in 1955; apparently not active since.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = No published information other than claim staked for uranium. Brew (1997 [OF 97-156-D]) has mapped the rocks in the vicinity as Cretaceous low- to medium-grade schist and semischist derived from Cretaceous-Jurassic Seymour Canal Formation sedimentary rocks.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Insufficient evidence to assign.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive


References

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-2 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-D, 21 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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