Mine detail: Unnamed (on southeast coast of Nagai Island)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 54.97424, -160.11739

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Sedimentary country rocks are silicified and pyritic adjacent to the sills. Hydrothermal breccia zone in sills. Color anomaly about 3 miles north of site.

References

DEP10308261
Reference{Deposit:: Ellis, W.T., and Apel, R.A., 1989, Unga/Alaska Peninsula 1989 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company report, 41 p., 28 map sheets at various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)}{Deposit:: Frisken, J.G., 1992, Interpretation of reconnaissance geochemical data from the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1968, 47 p., 3 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Frisken, J.G., and Kelly, D.L., 1992, Maps showing the distribution of gold determined in various sample media collected from Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-2155-D, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterS.H. Pilcher