Sea Otter Creek Beach Sand

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Titanium
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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185997
MAS/MILS ID 0021110101
Record type Site
Current site name Sea Otter Creek Beach Sand
Alternate or previous names Fair C, Fair B, Seattle No. 1-2, G. Fouther, C. C. Berg

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -137.93965, 58.8775 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakutat(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

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

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dezadeash River(hydrologic unit)

Gulf of 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 035 S 045 E 16 NESWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andesine Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kyanite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -137.93965, 58.8775

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 1963M
    Width 223M
    Area 40HA
    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
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N35W:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 830321

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the ownership information

  • NO CURRENT OWNER IS KNOWN.

Comments on the production information

  • HISTORY AND PAST PRODUCTION GIVEN TO 0021110100.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 615000mt ore
    Total resources 615000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 11.49 wt-pct Titanium Major 1976
    Gold Au 0.008 g/mt Gold Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAMPLES COLLECTED NOT ADEQUATE TO DETERMINE TRUE AU CONTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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