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Rarem Association

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Platinum, Titanium
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258612
MRDS ID A002102
MAS/MILS ID 0021110104
Record type Site
Current site name Rarem Association
Alternate or previous names Thos Millersh & Others, Placer Nos. 16a, 18a, 20a, S. O. Wheelock, Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17, 16a, Echo Creek Beach Sands, Pild Association, Preto Association, Harold Smith & Others, Peggy Nos. 1-2, F. P. Cook, H. H. Williams, Placer Nos. 1-21, E.A A. Wynn, Placer Nos. 10a, 12a, 14a, Ruby Sand Mining Co. No. 1, Nos. 8, 8a, 9, 9a, 10a, 38, 41, 10b, Nos. 7, 7a, 1, 30, 33, 34, 37 12b, Nos. 14b, 4, 11, 12, 13, 2, 3, 5, Oregon King Consolidated, Lituya Bay Gold Mining Company
Related records 10112814, 10258242, 10282558, 10233707

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -137.69383, 58.6694 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

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 08 C S2SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesine Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Hypersthene Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kyanite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown
Labradorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -137.69383, 58.6694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 1350M
    Width 159M
    Area 9HA
    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 BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N40W:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 9
    Date of Last Modification 830321

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERAL CONTENT FROM PANNED CONCENTRATE.

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

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold Reserve Mining Inc.
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Culligan, Roy
    Year 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Inferred 500000mt ore
    Total resources 500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.02 g/mt Gold Major 1978
    Titanium TiO2 19.4 wt-pct Titanium Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • R1=M1C1. SAMPLING INADEQUATE TO REFLECT TRUE AU CONTENT WHILE BEING ADEQUATE TO REFLECT ILMENITE CONTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF78-494 pp. C87-C88

  • Deposit

    B314d pp. 64-65

  • Deposit

    B662b pp. 23, 41-42

  • Deposit

    B712a p. 28

  • Deposit

    B836b pp. 133-135

  • 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

    P632 pp. 3, 37-40, 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. C28-C94

  • Deposit

    OF78-494

  • Deposit

    P820 p. 541

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-5

Comments on the references

  • RATAJ, 1975, NOTES FROM RECORDERS OFFICE (USBM, UNPB NOTES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A TRIBUTARY OF ECHO CREEK IS FOURMILE CREEK. HISTORY AND PAST PRODUCTION FOR AREA IS GIVEN IN 0021110100. DRILLING USING PVC TUBE AND SPLIT TUBE SAMPLER. LITUYA BAY GOLD MINING COMPANY ORGANIZED BUILDING PLANT AND WAREHOUSE AT MOUTH OF ECHO CREEK IN 1901 CLOSED IN 1903.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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