Lituya Bay Beach Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258164
MRDS ID M045385
MAS/MILS ID 0021110100
Record type Site
Current site name Lituya Bay Beach Placer
Related records 10103632

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -137.68543, 58.6219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather C-6 SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 037 S 047 E 32 S2N2NE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
PGE Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Unknown
Andesine Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Bismuthinite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Hypersthene Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kyanite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Platinum Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -137.68543, 58.6219

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 00W
    Thickness 30M
    Length 257495M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45W:00W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830321

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1860
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1867
    Description Production Reported Pre 1867 Russian Au Concentrate
  • Year 1890
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1891
    Description Production Reported $15,000 725 Troy Ounces Concentrate
  • Year 1896
    Description Production Reported 1885 Troy Ounces Concentrate
  • Year 1901
    Description Production Reported Large Scale Flop Unknown
  • Year 1915
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1916
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1918
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1919
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1920
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1922
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1933
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1934
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1935
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1936
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1937
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1938
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1939
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1940
    Description Production Reported Unknown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1=M1C1. THIS PLATINUM RESERVE IS FOR THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE LITUYA BAY BEACH PLACERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AR18b p. 85

  • Deposit

    B314d pp. 64-65

  • Deposit

    B662b pp. 23, 41-42

  • Deposit

    B712a p. 28

  • Deposit

    B714b p. 76

  • Deposit

    B722a p. 34

  • Deposit

    B755a p. 25

  • Deposit

    B836b pp. 133-135

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 29

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 30

  • Deposit

    B880A p. 34

  • Deposit

    B897A p. 40

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 38

  • Deposit

    B917A pp. 36-37

  • Deposit

    B926A p. 33

  • Deposit

    B933A pp. 32-33

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 p. 32

  • Deposit

    P820 p. 105

  • Deposit

    B225 p. 46

  • Deposit

    B662b p. 23

  • Deposit

    B666P p. 96

  • Deposit

    B739a pp. 22-23

  • Deposit

    B773a p. 23

  • Deposit

    B800 p. 322

  • Deposit

    B947D p. 71

  • Deposit

    OF149

  • Deposit

    B1058B pp. 57-58

  • Deposit

    P354C p. 56

  • Deposit

    RI5986 pp. 1-2, 6-7, 37-39

  • Deposit

    B1121F pp. 45-46

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 195

  • Deposit

    OF379 p. 2

  • Deposit

    P632 pp. 3, 53, 64, 67-69, 83

  • Deposit

    B1374 p. 105

  • Deposit

    B1374

  • Deposit

    B1415 pp. 3, 7

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 pp. 32-34

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. B9-B12, C28-C91, D6

  • Deposit

    OF78-494

  • Deposit

    P820 p. 541

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    OF82-719 p. 10, No. 230

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD PRODUCTION FOR LITUYA BAY BEACH PLACER GIVEN HEREIN. LITUYA BAY BEACH PLACERS HISTORY GIVEN HERE. PLATINUM DISCOVERED IN BEACH SANDS. EXPLORATION METHOD PROBABLY PANNING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh 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.