Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed Near Salmon Bay

Alaska, United States
UraniumThoriumREECopper
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Thorium
SecondaryREE
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formSEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Materials
Ore mineralsBastnaesite, Chalcopyrite, Monazite, Parisite, Thorite
GangueHematite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSiltstone
Associated rockLamprophyre
StructureDeposit Is On West Flank Of N-Nw Trending Kashevarof Anticline. Regional Strike And Dip: N15w, 45sw
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10000284
MRDS IDA010332
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates56.31945, -133.17075
References
Glover, A. E., 1951, Salmon Bay - Red Bay reconnaissance, Prince of Wales Island: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Mineral Investigation 117-1, 6 p.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.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.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.Overstreet, W.C., 1967, The geologic occurrence of monzonite: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 530, 327 p.Eakins, G. R., 1975, Uranium investigations in southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Geologic Report 44, 62 p.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.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.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.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.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.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.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