| Deposit ID | 10113041 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A001562 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0021300001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Coast Beach Placer |
| Alternate or previous names | Standard Oil Company, Grammer No. 1, Rex Creek South Fork, Trail Creek, Salmon Creek, Tidewater Association, Union Oil Company, Salmon Creek Head, Bear Creek Unit, Bear Creek, Paule Bay, Cosatello, Oil Creek, Pacific Oil and Commercial Well 1-2, Dry Creek, Becharof Creek |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -154.51914, 57.16607 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 5 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kodiak Island(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Karluk A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Karluk S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Karluk(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)
Federal lands
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)
National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seward | 035 S | 033 W | 15 | C N2N2 | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -154.51914, 57.16607 |
|---|
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0021300001 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A001562 | MAS references MRDS |
AR18b p. 86
B467 p. 123
B542h pp. 134-135
B662b p. 23
B666P p. 96
B692q pp. 299-319
B714a p. 38
B719 p. 65
B783c p. 87
B789 p. 52
B836a p. 31
B880C p. 172
B926A p. 37
B933A p. 36
OM126
B1094 p. 34
P630 p. 90
OF508 pp. 24-25
AOF31 p. 4
B1374 pp. 39-40
OF77-169F p. 16, No. 5
OF79-860 pp. 7-8
OF82-719 pp. 9-10, Nos. 220-222
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WELLS DRILLED FOR THESE KARDEXES ALL OTHER KARDEX REFER TO OIL SEEP LOCATIONS. POINT PLOTTED ON MAP IS LOCATION OF COBB, 1972, LOC. 5 (MF 459) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 26-SEP-1986 | Carnes, R. David | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.