Dagelet River Beach Sands

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, PGE, 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 10282564
MAS/MILS ID 0021110107
Record type Site
Current site name Dagelet River Beach Sands
Alternate or previous names Young, Sea Foam Nos. 1-5, Discovery Nos. 1-3, John Young, Ship Cr Trading, Emel Engel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -137.40631, 58.5175 (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 039 S 048 E 01 NENWSE Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hornblende Unknown
Hypersthene Unknown
Illite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Oligoclase Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Staurolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) QTgm

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 203M
    Length 3780M
    Width 1.2M
    Area 100HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45W:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 830321

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIM LAPSED NO CURRENT OWNER. INITIAL DISCOVERY PROBABLY BY PANNING.

Mining district

District name Juneau District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF AREA IN 0021110100. A SHOVEL SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED IN 1957. SAMPLING IN 1976 CONSISTED OF CHANNEL, GRAB & PVC TUBE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Inferred 507700mt ore
    Total resources 507700mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.008 g/mt Gold Major 1978
    Titanium TiO2 43.9 wt-pct Titanium Major 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.