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Golovnin Bay

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Uranium, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009560
MRDS ID D002605
Record type Site
Current site name Golovnin Bay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.92323, 64.51934 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the northeast coast of Golovin Bay where outcrops of the Kachauik pluton are exposed (Till and others, 1986). This location is about 0.3 miles north of a coastal light and 1.5 miles northwest of the mouth of McKinley Creek. It is locality 135 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181); it is probably located within 0.5 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-2 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = uranium-titanium-niobate

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Allanite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.92323, 64.51934
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A heavy mineral concentrate from slope wash over intrusive rocks of the Kachauik pluton contained 0.074% equivalent uranium, primarily in an unidentied uranium-titanium-niobate mineral (West, 1953, p. 4). Other minerals idenitied in the heavy mineral concentrate included allanite, biotite, hematite, hornblende, ilmenite, magnetite, scheelite, and sphene. Most of these are probably assessory minerals in monzonite/syenite of the Kachauik pluton (Miller and others, 1972; Miller, 1972). However, parts of this pluton along nepheline syenite dikes locally contain up to 0.15% U3O8, 1.05% Th, and 2% REE (Miller and others, 1976). A K/Ar age for the Kachauik pluton is 99.9 +/- 3 Ma (Miller and Bunker, 1976).
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous; a K/Ar age for the Kachauik pluton is 99.9 +/- 3 Ma (Miller and Bunker, 1976).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Council

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = West, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Disseminated; heavy minerals in slope wash close to their source in intrusive rocks of the Kachauik pluton.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-1999 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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