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Steelhead Creek Beach Sands

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282558
MRDS ID A002102
MAS/MILS ID 0021110105
Record type Site
Current site name Steelhead Creek Beach Sands
Alternate or previous names Oregon King Consolidated, Barnard Hahl Group, C. L. Blakemore, Steelhead Nos. 1-3w, Discovery, Charles I. Ferdine, Nos. 4-7, 4a-7a, Roy Culligan, Placer Nos. 1-7, 3a-7a
Related records 10233707, 10258242, 10112814, 10258612

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -137.55632, 58.5853 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
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-5(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 038 S 048 E 07 NESWSW Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesine Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Enstatite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Sphene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -137.55632, 58.5853
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 885M
    Width 219M
    Area 12HA
    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 N50W:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 12
    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 1915

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description Production Reported Unknown
  • Year 1916
    Description Production Reported Unknown

Comments on the production information

  • RUSSIANS MINED BEACHES PRIOR TO SEWARDS PURCHASE. DATES UNK.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 265000mt ore
    Total resources 265000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10.4 g/mt Gold Major 1976
    Titanium TiO2 0.0003 wt-pct Titanium Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B836b pp. 134-135

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF78-494 p. C87

  • Deposit

    B836b pp. 133-135

  • Deposit

    B947D p. 71

  • Deposit

    OF149

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MF436

  • Deposit

    B1374

  • Deposit

    OF78-316 pp. 32-34

  • Deposit

    OF78-494 pp. C28-C91

  • Deposit

    OF78-494

  • Deposit

    OF81-122

  • Deposit

    OF82-719 p. 10, No. 230

  • Deposit

    MTA 82 No. F-5

Comments on the references

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INITIAL EXPLORATION PROBABLY PANNING. PAST PRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF AREA IN 0021110100. OTHER DRILLING IS PVC TUBE SAMPLING. SAMPLING ADEQUATE TO REFLECT TRUE ILMENITE BUT NOT AU CONC.

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.

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