The Churchill is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Churchill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Churchill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau
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
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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 (Deposit): Other Comments = The claim is in the westernmost part of the Reid Inlet gold area. The site is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Occurrence is an unconfirmed report of a gold vein in the western part of the Reid Inlet gold area. The reported occurrence is on or very close to a major fault that strikes north-northwest (Brew and others, 1978). The fault separates granitic rock of Cretaceous age (which underlies most of the Reid Inlet gold area), from dominantly Mesozoic rocks west of the fault.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Claim activity (consisting of claim location by Terry Richtmeyer) was reported in 1966 by Alaska Division Mines and Minerals and was cited by MacKevett and others (1971). The occurrence is apparently the same one shown by Kimball and others (1978, fig. C45) as the Churchill claim.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = MacKevett and others, 1971
Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger.
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.
Reference (Deposit): Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.
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