Mine detail: Unnamed Near Salmon Bay

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 56.31945, -133.17075

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Thorium
Secondary: REE
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Bastnaesite, Chalcopyrite, Monazite, Parisite, Thorite
Gangue: Hematite, Pyrite
Orebody form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Siltstone
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Structure:Deposit Is On West Flank Of N-Nw Trending Kashevarof Anticline. Regional Strike And Dip: N15w, 45sw

References

MRDSA010332
DEP10000284
Reference{Deposit:: Glover, A. E., 1951, Salmon Bay - Red Bay reconnaissance, Prince of Wales Island: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Mineral Investigation 117-1, 6 p.}{Deposit:: White, M. G., West, W. S., Tolbert, G. E., Nelson, A. E., and Huston, J R., 1952, Preliminary summary of reconnaissance of uranium in Alaska, 1951: U.S. Geological Survey Cicular 196, 17 p.}{Deposit:: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., and others, 1953, Preliminary summary of reconnaissance for uranium and thorium in Alaska, 1952, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 248, 15 p.}{Deposit:: Houston, J. R., Bates, R. G., Velikanje, R. S., and Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., 1958, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in southeastern Alaska, 1952: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-A, p. 1-31.}{Deposit:: Overstreet, W.C., 1967, The geologic occurrence of monzonite: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 530, 327 p.}{Deposit:: Eakins, G. R., 1975, Uranium investigations in southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Geologic Report 44, 62 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E. H., 1972, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 78-870, 53 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E. H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map No. 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Grybeck, D. J., Berg, H. C., and Karl, S. M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Warner, J. D., 1989, Columbium-, rare-earth element-, and thorium- bearing veins near Salmon Bay, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 6-89, 25 p.}{Deposit:: Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-4 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-F, scale 63,360, one sheet, 23 p. pamphlet.}{Deposit:: Karl, S. M., Berg, H. C., Grybeck, D., and Abramson, B. S., 1980, Tables describing metalliferous and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-793, 14 p., 4 sheets, scale, 1:250,000}
ReporterBerg, H. C. (Grybeck, D. J.), Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)