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Unnamed (southern Russian Mountains)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, REE, Tantalum, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308201
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (southern Russian Mountains)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.10387, 61.63535 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is in the Russian Mountains about 0.7 mile southeast of peak 2815. The map site is on a ridge crest, at an elevation of about 2,500 feet, about 0.25 mile east of the center of sec. 20, T. 18 N., R. 54 W., of the Seward Meridian. It is sample localities 16 and 17 of Bundtzen and Laird (1991).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
REE Critical Secondary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz veining.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.10387, 61.63535
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of two gossan-rich quartz veins, as much as 1.5 feet wide, along northwest-trending joints and fractures in quartz syenite (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991). Sulfide minerals were not identified in these strongly oxidized veins. Samples contained up to 0.3 percent arsenic, 1.5 percent antimony, 353 ppm neodymium, 54 ppm tantalum, and 52 ppm uranium. The host quartz syenite is part of the Late Cretaceous intrusive complex of the Russian Mountains (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or Tertiary. Veins crosscut part of the intrusive complex of the Russian Mountains. Quartz monzonite from this complex has yielded a K/Ar age of 70.3 +/- 2.1 Ma (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface observation and sampling has been completed.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and Laird, 1991

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology
Reporter 10-JUN-01 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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