Unnamed (near Elephants Nose)

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

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Mine Info

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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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