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Unnamed (south of Clem Mountain)

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. Materials information
  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 10003173
MRDS ID A015708
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (south of Clem Mountain)
Related records 10160607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.39339, 65.95941 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 600 feet in the headwaters of an unnamed tributary of Duck Creek, about 1.4 miles south of Clem Mountain. The map site is in section 34, T. 7 N., R. 13 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Cobb, 1972 (MF-389), location 21.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candle D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Candle N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buckland River(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Uranothorianite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphene Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.39339, 65.95941
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of Upper Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary granite that may contain uranium-bearing minerals. Uranothorianite was found in a concentrate sample of stream gravels (Gault and others, 1953). The sample contained 0.106% eU.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1947 the U.S. Geological Survey sampled the creek sediment to evaluate its radioactive mineral content (Gault and others, 1953).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gault and others, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Uranothorianite in stream sediments.
Deposit Other Comments = Creek falls approximately 200 feet in headwater mile.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JAN-00 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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