Miners Point Beach

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10002664
MRDS ID A015105
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Point Beach
Related records 10233559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.72248, 57.8894 (WGS84)
Relative position This site is a 1 1/2-mile long beach located south and southeast of Miners Point (Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 18; Cobb, 1973, figure 11, locality 4; MacKevett and Holloway 1977, locality 16).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kodiak D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kodiak NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kodiak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Glacial Sediment
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.72248, 57.8894

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This is a beach gold placer which was mined prior to 1935 (Capps, 1937). No information regarding geology, production, or period of mining activity is available.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1937

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold Placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.