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Port Moller

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001676
MRDS ID A012455
Record type Site
Current site name Port Moller

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.50247, 56.09924 (WGS84)
Relative position This site represents 5 miles of beach placer deposits on the northwest coast of the Alaska Peninsula extending for approximately 5 miles southwest of Franks Lagoon onto the Port Moller 1:250,000-scale map sheet (Cobb, 1973: B-1374, locality 3; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 4). The maps site is plotted at Franks Lagoon.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chignik A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Walrus Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chignik W OE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.50247, 56.09924
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of beach placer deposits of magnetite and titaniferous ilmenite in well-developed sandy spits extending 5 miles southwest of Franks Lagoon.? Berryhill (1963) collected 11 auger samples and a few shovel samples along this 5-mile section of beach. These samples were screened, tabled, and run through a magnetic separater. The magnetic fraction contained 1.1 to 191.4 pounds iron per cubic yard and 0.3 to 42.2 pounds titanium oxide. The non-magnetic fraction contained 0 to 10.3 pounds per cubic yard titanium oxide.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The magnetitic fraction of 11 auger and shovel samples collected in 1963 contained 1.1 to 191.4 pounds iron and 0.3 to 42.2 pounds titanium oxide per cubic yard. The non-magnetic fraction contained 0 to 10.3 pounds titanium oxide per cubic yard.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Berryhill, R.V., 1963, Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6214, 48 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Shoreline placer titanium (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39c)
Deposit Other Comments = This site is located on state land.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-2000 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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