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Moffet Point

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003319
MRDS ID A106063
Record type Site
Current site name Moffet Point

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.48578, 55.49087 (WGS84)
Relative position Beach and dune sands near Moffet Point. Coordinates are for beach between localities of the two richest samples.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Bay B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cold Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cold Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Izembek 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
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Franklinite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.48578, 55.49087
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Peninsula is covered by sand dunes as much as 100 ft. (30 m) high; the outer beach is broad and smooth. Wind sorting has resulted in erratically distributed magnetite stringers throughout area. Beach and dune sands are derived from glacial deposits and erosion of a largely volcanic terrain. The sands contain local concentrations of titaniferous magnetite.

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 = Concentrates from 16 auger holes and shovel samples of beach matierial (with one exception) contained 10 percent or more titaniferous magnetite; most also contained traces of franklinite. Two samples contained more than 100 lbs iron (45 kg) and 25 lbs TiO2 (11 kg) per cubic yard (0.84 cubic m) of material in place. All others were much lower grade.

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., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Cold Bay quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-441, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-OCT-1992 G.D. DuBois U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-OCT-1992 F.H. Wilson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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