Mine detail: Unnamed (Gulf of Alaska beaches, Yakutat quadrangle segment)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.44968, -139.62224

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Iron, PGE, Titanium
Ore: Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Ruthenium, Rutile, Scheelite, Zircon, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Osmium, Rhodium
Gangue: Apatite, Garnet, Hornblende, Olivine, Pyroxene, Sphene

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

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Reference{Deposit:: Schrader, F.C., and Spencer, A.C., 1901, The geology and mineral resources of a portion of the Copper River district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Special Publication, 94 p.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1904, Placer mining in Alaska in 1903: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 225, p. 43-59.}{Deposit:: Tarr, R.S., 1906, The Yakutat Bay region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 284, p. 61-64.}{Deposit:: Blackwelder, Eliot, 1907, Reconnaissance on the Pacific Coast from Yakutat to Alsek River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 314, p. 82-88.}{Deposit:: Tarr, R.S., 1909, Physiography and glacial geology, in Tarr, R. S. and Butler, B. S, The Yakutat Bay region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 64, p. 11-144.}{Deposit:: Tarr, R.S., and Butler, B.S., 1909, Area geology, in Tarr, R. S. and Butler, B. S, The Yakutat Bay region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 64, p. 145-178.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1923, The Alaska mining industry in 1921: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 1-50.}{Deposit:: Miller, D. J., 1961, Geology of the Lituya district, Alaska, Gulf of Alaska Tertiary Province, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 210, 1 map, scale 1:96,000.}{Deposit:: Thomas, B.I., and Berryhill, R. V., 1962, Reconnaissance studies of Alaskan beach sands, eastern Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5986, 40 p.}{Deposit:: Plafker, George, and Miller, D. J., 1957, Reconnaissance geology of the Malaspina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Investigations Map OM-189, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000}{Deposit:: Plafker, George, and Miller, D. J., 1958, Glacial features and surficial deposits of the Malaspina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geological Investigations Map I-271, 1 sheet, scale 1:125,000}{Deposit:: Johnson, G.R. and Plafker, George, 1969, Preliminary geologic interpretation of aeromagnetic data in the Yakutat district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 379, 10 p.}{Deposit:: Wright, F.F., 1969, Sedimentation and gold distribution, Yakutat Bay, Alaska: University of Alaska Marine Science Report R69-9, 12p.}{Deposit:: Wright, F.F., 1972, Marine geology of Yakutat Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800-B, p. B9-B15.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Plafker, G., 1970, Geochemical and geophysical reconnaissance of parts of the Yakutat and Mount St. Elias quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1312-L, 12 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources of the Yakutat quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-408, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Reimnitz, Erk, and Plafker, George, 1976, Marine gold placers along the Gulf of Alaska margin: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1415, 16 p.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., Plafker, George, and Lanphere, M. A., 1977, Intrusive rocks of the Yakutat-St. Elias area, south-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 5, no. 2, p. 155-172.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., Plafker, George, and Turner, D. L., 1977, Metamorphic rocks of the Yakutat-St. Elias Area, South-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 5, no. 2, p. 173-184.}{Deposit:: Clifton, H.E., and Luepke, G., 1987, Heavy-mineral placer deposits of the continental margin of Alaska and the Pacific Coast States, in Geology and resource potential of the continental margin of western North America and adjacent ocean basins, Beaufort Sea to Baja California: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 6, p. 691-738.}{Deposit:: Foley, J.Y., Burns, L.E., Schneider, C.L., and Forbes, R.B., 1989, Preliminary report of platinum group element occurrences in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 89-20, 32 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:2,500,000.}{Deposit:: Foley, J.Y., La Berge, R.D., Grosz, A.E., Oliver, F.S., and Hirt, W.C., 1995, Onshore titanium and related heavy mineral investigations in the eastern Gulf of Alaska region, southern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-95, 125 p.}
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