Unnamed (east of Eagle Creek)

The Unnamed (east of Eagle Creek) is a uranium, thorium, and ree mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (east of Eagle Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Primary: REE

Location

State: Alaska
District: Council

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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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

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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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1976

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There are no known workings; exploration in the region may have included reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical and radiometric surveys.

Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous; a K/Ar age for the Kachauik pluton is 86.1 +/- 3 Ma (Miller and others, 1972).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Syenite of the Kachauik pluton (Miller and others, 1972; Miller, 1972; Till and others, 1986) is anomalously radioactive adjacent to crosscutting alkaline dikes (Miller and others, 1976) here. The Kachauik pluton is a composite syenite, monzonite, granodiorite, quartz monzonite body that is mid-Cretaceous in age; a K/Ar age for the Kachauik pluton is 86.1 +/- 3 Ma (Miller and others, 1972).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Disseminated ?; hydrothermal alteration and mineralization is possible adacent to alkaline dikes.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Miller, T.P., 1972, Potassium-rich alkaline intrusive rocks of western Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 83, p. 2111-2128.

Reference (Deposit): Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Miller, T.P., Grybeck, D.J., Elliott, R.L., and Hudson, T.L., 1972, Preliminary geologic map of the eastern Solomon and southeastern Bendeleben quadrangles, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-256, 11 p.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Miller, T.P., Elliott, R.L., Finch, W.I., and Brooks, R.A., 1976, Preliminary report on uranium-, thorium-, and rare-earth-bearing rocks near Golovin, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-710, 12 p.

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