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Unnamed (beach between Yahtse River and Yana Stream)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Titanium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307625
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (beach between Yahtse River and Yana Stream)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.21771, 59.82976 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the present Gulf of Alaska shoreline between the mouths of the Yana Stream and Yahtse River. It is one-half mile southeast of USGS benchmark Grit and 1.75 miles northwest of USGS benchmark Yahtse. The occurrence, in the northeast corner of section 24, T. 24 S., R. 24 E., of the Copper River Meridian, is locality 7 of Cobb (1972 [MF 411]; 1979 [OF 79-1246]).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Icy Bay D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Icy Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Icy Bay(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

Chugach Alaska Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Rutile Ore
Garnet Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.21771, 59.82976
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Thomas and Berryhill (1962) collected an auger sample of beach gravel at this location that contained 0.7 pound of titanium oxide per cubic yard in the magnetic fraction and 0.6 pound of iron and 4.7 pounds of titanium oxide per cubic yard in the non-magnetic fraction. It also contained a trace of gold. Beach sands along this segment of the Gulf of Alaska shoreline contain trace amounts of ilmenite, magnetite, rutile, pyrite, garnet, sphene, and zircon (Thomas and Berryhill, 1962).
  • Age = Holocene.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Yakataga

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance characterization of beach samples has been completed in this area (Thomas and Berryhill, 1962).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Thomas, B.I., and Berryhill, R. V., 1962, Reconnaissance studies of Alaskan beach sands, eastern Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5986, 40 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bering Glacier, Icy Bay, Middleton Island, and Yakutat quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1246, 41 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Icy Bay quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-411, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Thomas and Berryhill, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a - beach)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-DEC-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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