Interim Report on the Radioactive Carbonate-Hematite Veins Near Salmon Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska

From abstract: In the vicinity of Salmon Bay near the northeastern end of Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, samples obtained in 1951 from narrow, steeply dipping, carbonate-hematite veins contain as much as ,O.07 percent equivalent uranium. The average grade of these veins cannot be relia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houston, Joseph R.
Other Authors: Geological Survey (U.S.), U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Raw Materials.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: United States. Government Printing Office. 1952
Subjects:
Uranium ores > Alaska > Prince of Wales Island
radioactive carbonate-hematite
Prince of Wales Island
Salmon Bay
Alaska
Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc502121/
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Summary:From abstract: In the vicinity of Salmon Bay near the northeastern end of Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, samples obtained in 1951 from narrow, steeply dipping, carbonate-hematite veins contain as much as ,O.07 percent equivalent uranium. The average grade of these veins cannot be reliably stated because no systematic sampling has been done. No uranium or thorium minerals have been identified. Several chemical analyses indicate only a few thousandths percent uranium. Most of the radioactivity is apparently caused by thorium, which seems to be in or closely associated with red hematite.

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