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Unnamed (in headwaters of Little Champion Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001509
MRDS ID A012256
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (in headwaters of Little Champion Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.59491, 65.42776 (WGS84)
Relative position The site is location no. 43, fig. 3, of U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 130-77 (Barker and Clautice, 1977), in the headwaters of the Little Champion Creek approximately 4.5 miles SW of Mt. Prindle.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White Mountains National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mt. Prindle Pluton
    Rock description Mt. Prindle Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.59491, 65.42776
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Uranium and thorium detected in coarse-grained biotite granite. Samples showed 17 ppm U, 14.5 ppm Th, 200cps (Barker and Clautice, 1977).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C. and Clautice, K. H., 1997, Anomalous uranium concentrations in artesian springs and stream sediments in the Mount Prindle area, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 130-77, 19 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker and Clautice, 1977.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Uranium and thorium in granite.
Deposit Other Comments = See also Roy Creek, ARDF no. CI051.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-98 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 14-SEP-98 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 14-SEP-98 Clements, A.S. Avalon Development Corporation

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