The Unnamed is a zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Rubidium
Secondary: Cerium
Location
State: Alaska
District: McGrath
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 Text: Extensive clay and chalcedonic alteration.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of heavily altered, limonitic rhyolite breccia of Sischu Volcanic Field (Miller and others, 1980; Moll and others, 1981; Clautice and others, 1993). Mineral occurrence is inferred to be Late Cretaceous, based on isotopic age of Sischu Volcanics (Moll and others, 1981). Clautice and others (1993) and Miller and others (1980) report anomalous zinc, rubidium and cerium values from the limonitic breccia zones.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Clautice and others (1993) and Miller and others (1980) report anomalous zinc, rubidium, and cerium values from limonitic breccia zones.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Clautice and others, 1993
Comment (Geology): Age = Mineral occurrence is inferred to be Late Cretaceous, based on isotopic age of Sischu Volcanics (Moll and others, 1981).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Miller, T.P., Moll, E.J., and Patton, W.W. Jr., 1980, Uranium and thorium rich volcanic rocks of the Sischu Creek area, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-803, 27 pages.
Reference (Deposit): Moll, E.J., Silberman, M.L., and Patton, W.W. Jr., 1981, Chemistry, mineralogy, and K-Ar ages of igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811C, 15 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Clautice, K.H., Bowman, N.D., Clough, J.G., Gilbert, W.G., Kline, J.T., Smith, T.E., and Blodgett, R.B., 1993, Land selection Unit 8 (Kantishna River, Ruby, and Medfra quadrangles): References, lead isotope, geochemical and major oxide data: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 42 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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