Unnamed (north of Kanatak Lagoon)

The Unnamed (north of Kanatak Lagoon) is a iron mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (north of Kanatak Lagoon)

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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 (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In the past the area has been staked as lode claims for iron (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973).

Comment (Geology): Age = Pliocene

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Church and others, 1989 (B-1858)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At this occurrence a quartz diorite pluton of Pliocene age (Wilson and Shew, 1992) cuts sedimentary rocks of the Jurassic Naknek Formation. Case and others (1988) report large magnetic anomalies associated with the pluton. It has been suggested that the anomalies are due to magnetite-rich segregations in mafic phases of the pluton (MacKevett and Holloway, 1977). Skarn-type mineralization may also account for the anomalies. In the past the area has been staked as lode claims for iron.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This mineral occurrence is located on land selected by the Koniag Native Corporation.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Mineral resources of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular C 0772-B, pp.B1.

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): Church, S.E., Detterman, R.L., and Wilson, F.H., 1989, Mineral and energy resource assessment maps of the Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and western Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 1539-I, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., and Shew, N., 1992, Map and tables showing geochronology and whole rock geochemistry of selected samples from Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and part of Karluk quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1539-E, 34 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Case, J.E., Detterman, R.L., and Wilson, F.H., 1988, Maps showing aeromagnetic survey and geologic interpretation of the Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and part of the Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1539-D, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Church, S.E., Frisken J.G., Wilson, F.H., 1989, Interpretation of exploration geochemical data from Ugashik, Bristol Bay, and western Karluk quadrangles, Alaska: U.S Geological Survey Bulletin 1858, 45 p.

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