Lituya Bay

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103632
MRDS ID M045385
Record type Site
Current site name Lituya Bay
Alternate or previous names Lituya Bay Gold Mining Co.
Related records 10258164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -137.68546, 58.6497 (WGS84)
Relative position BEACH SOUTH OF FAIRWEATHER GLACIER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Fairweather C-6 NE(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE = 20 LBS/YD, TI = 43.7 LBS/YD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -137.68546, 58.6497

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEACH SANDS
    Length 32186M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BLACK SANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRIOR TO 1867 TO WW II

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1894 TO 1917 WAS ABOUT 3628 OZ AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 32186M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1904, P. 46 (B225)

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, C. W., 1907, P. 64-65 (B314)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1918, P. 23, 41-42 (B662)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)

  • Deposit

    5) MARTIN, 1920, P. 28 (B712)

  • Deposit

    6) BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 76 (B714)

  • Deposit

    7) BROOKS, 1922, P. 34 (B722)

  • Deposit

    8) BROOKS, 1923, P. 23 (B739)

  • Deposit

    9) BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 25 (B755)

  • Deposit

    10) BROOKS, 1925, P. 23 (B773)

  • Deposit

    11) MERTIE, 1933A, P. 133-135 (B836)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 29 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 30 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 34 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    15) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 40 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    16) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 38 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    17) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 36-37 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    18) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 33 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    19) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 32-33 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    20) KENNEDY AND WALTON, 1946B, P. 71 (B947-D)

  • Deposit

    21) ROSSMAN, 1957 (OF 149)

  • Deposit

    22) MILLER, D. J., 1960, P. 56

  • Deposit

    23) THOMAS AND BERRYHILL, 1962, P. 1-2, 6-7, 37-39

  • Deposit

    24) ROSSMAN, 1963A, P. F45-F46 (B1121-F)

  • Deposit

    25) BERG AND COBB, 1967, P. 195 (B1246)

  • Deposit

    26) MACKEVETT AND OTHERS, 1971, P. 3, 53, 56, 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

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.