The Unnamed (northeast of Ramsey Bay) is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (northeast of Ramsey Bay) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (northeast of Ramsey Bay)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
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 = This site was very briefly examined and sampled by an Aleut-Quintana-Duval joint venture in 1974 (Christie, 1974).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Christie, 1974
Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks at this occurrence consist either of sedimentary units of the Miocene Bear Lake Formation or of volcanic and sedimentary units of the Oligocene to Eocene Stepovak Bay Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). Christie (1974) noted a small color anomaly at this location. He collected one silt sample that contained 48 ppm copper, 4 ppm molybdenum, 63 ppm zinc, and 1.6 ppm silver. MacKevett and Holloway (1977) describe the occurrence as an altered zone in Tertiary rocks.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is on land selected by the Aleut Corporation.
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.
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