Unnamed Near Deep Bay

The Unnamed Near Deep Bay is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Near Deep Bay

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): NORTHEAST ZAREMBO ISLAND. APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF A SINGLE PLACER CLAIM STAKED IN 1972 AND ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1975 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980). LOCALITY 67 OF GRYBECK, BERG, AND KARL (1984).

Comment (Workings): SINGLE PLACER CLAIM STAKED IN 1972 AND ACTIVE THROUGH AT LEAST 1975 (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1980).

Comment (Deposit): OTHER THAN SEVERAL LODE CLAIMS IN THE VICINITY THAT WERE STAKED AT ABOUT THE SAME PERIOD AND ABOUT WHICH LITTLE IS KNOWN, NO OTHER MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE KNOWN IN THE VICINITY.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map No. 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D. J., Berg, H. C., and Karl, S. M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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