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Unnamed (east of Eagle Creek)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308308
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (east of Eagle Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.76425, 64.70234 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on Peak 2109, 3.2 miles east of Eagle Creek, a northeast tributary to the Kachauik River. It is locality 68 of Gamble (1988).

Site location context

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USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Syenite of the Kachauik pluton (Miller and others, 1972; Miller, 1972; Till and others, 1986) is anomalously radioactive adjacent to crosscutting alkaline dikes (Miller and others, 1976) here. The Kachauik pluton is a composite syenite, monzonite, granodiorite, quartz monzonite body that is mid-Cretaceous in age; a K/Ar age for the Kachauik pluton is 86.1 +/- 3 Ma (Miller and others, 1972).
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous; a K/Ar age for the Kachauik pluton is 86.1 +/- 3 Ma (Miller and others, 1972).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Council

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = There are no known workings; exploration in the region may have included reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical and radiometric surveys.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and others, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Disseminated ?; hydrothermal alteration and mineralization is possible adacent to alkaline dikes.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-99 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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