Mine detail: Pacific Beach Sands Gold-Platinum-Titanium Placer

Previously called 'Mf-436Lituya Bay'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.67164, -137.6963

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Ilmenite, Platinum
Gangue:	Andesine, Augite, Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Labradorite, Magnetite, Oligoclase, Olivine, Quartz
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1894
Last production ended:	1940

Geology

Host rock:	Yakutat Group;Yakataga Formation
Host type:	Silt,Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	A013127
DEP	10002225
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MF-436, LOC. 65 (1972)}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-494, P. C-28-91, TABLES C-4-24, FIGS. C-3-30, PLATES IA, PLATES IA, III (1978)}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-316, P. 32, 33 (1978)}{Deposit:: USGS B 836, P. 133-135 (1933)}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-436-65}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.)