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Unnamed Occurrence

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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001524
MRDS ID A012271
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.62881, 65.49664 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

  • USBM OFR 130-77, FIG. 3, SAMPLE 38 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Analytical data

Result 24 PPM U, 29 PPM TH
Result USBM OFR 130-77, TABLE 2, NO. 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.62881, 65.49664
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS LIGHT GRAY VOLCANIC DIKE ROCK CONTAINING DARK QUARTZ, FELDSPAR AND BIOTITE IN APHARITIC GROUND MASS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Prindle

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • INVESTIGATION BY USBM IN 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 130-77, TABLE 2, SAMPLE 38

  • Other Database

    USBM-OFR-130-77-38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit U AND TH DETECTED IN VOLCANIC DIKE ROCK
Deposit SEE ALSO: MT. PRINDLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1986 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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