Yakutat Beach

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161545
MRDS ID A013400
MAS/MILS ID 0021080010
Record type Site
Current site name Yakutat Beach
Related records 10002469

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -139.68554, 59.49138 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakutat(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yakutat B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Yakutat SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakutat C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dezadeash River(hydrologic unit)

Gulf of Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 028 S 034 E 17 Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM USGS CRIB. ALASKA NATIVE LAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -139.68554, 59.49138

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yakutat

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-1995 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.