Unnamed (west of Walker Lake)

The Unnamed (west of Walker Lake) is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (west of Walker Lake)

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Shungnak

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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local iron staining.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = These occurrences consist of grab samples that contained up to 2.5 ppm Au, 2 ppm Ag, 1000 ppm Ba, 810 ppm Cu, 30 ppm Mo, and 2000 ppm V. Some samples are not described, others include iron-stained greenschist (Garland and others, 1975, ADGGS OFR 66).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Degenhart and others, 1978

References

Reference (Deposit): Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1978, Mineral appraisal of the proposed Gates of the Arctic Wilderness National Park, Alaska, A preliminary comment: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 109-78, 29 p., 4 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1979, Mineral deposits of the Alatna, John, Killik and Kobuk River area and the North Fork of the Koyukuk River, Brooks Range, Alaska--A summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 36-79, 23 p., 1 sheet.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Garland, R.E., Eakins, G.R., Trible, T.C., and McClintock, W.W., 1975, Geochemical analysis of rock and stream-sediment samples from Survey Pass A-4, A-5, A-6, B-4, B-5, and B-6 quadrangles: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 67, 4 p, 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

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