The Unnamed (west of Kanatak Lagoon) is a iron mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (west of Kanatak Lagoon) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (west of Kanatak Lagoon)
Commodity
Primary: Iron
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In the past this area was staked as lode claims for iron (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located within the Becharof Natural Wildlife Refuge.
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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Church and others, 1989 (B-1858)
Comment (Geology): Age = Pliocene
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
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): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Mineral resources of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular C 0772-B, pp.B1.
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): 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): 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): 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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