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Raspberry Beach

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097535
MRDS ID A013226
Record type Site
Current site name Raspberry Beach
Related records 10160876

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.34249, 58.09941 (WGS84)
Relative position This site is the beach at Drivers Bay on the northwest coast of Raspberry Island (Cobb, 1972, MF 468, locality 2; Cobb, 1973, Bulletin 1374, figure 11, locality 6; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 2). The beach is approximately 1/2 mile long and probably has been placered at various locations.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kodiak Island(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Afognak A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Afognak SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Afognak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kodiak-Afognak Islands(hydrologic unit)

Kodiak-Shelikof(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.34249, 58.09941
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This site was first mentioned by Brooks (1915, p. 47) who reported that low grade placer gold had been found on Raspberry Island. The latest reported activity took place in 1935. The deposition of beach placer gold is thought to have resulted from the reworking of coastal deposits of glacial gravels and tills.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = A small amount of gold was produced but no records are available.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1935 it was reported that 2 or 3 men were prospecting and mining here. Some drilling was done on valley gravels located between Raspberry Beach and Onion Bay to test the viability of a dredge operation (Capps, 1937, p. 172). Results were apparently poor and the drill project was abandoned.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    King, H.D., Tripp, R.B., O'Leary, R.M., and Cooley, E.F., 1983, Distribution and abundance of copper, lead, and zinc in nonmagnetic and moderately magnetic heavy-mineral- concentrate, minus-80-mesh stream-sediment, and ash of aquatic-bryophyte samples, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-I, 6 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Afognak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-470, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1937

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Gold placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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