Deposit ID | 10307624 |
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Record type | Site |
Current site name | Unnamed (beach between Yahtse River and Yana Stream) |
Geographic coordinates: | -141.18721, 59.82326 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This occurrence is on the present Gulf of Alaska shoreline between the mouth of the Yana Stream and Yahtse River. It is 1.5 miles southeast of USGS benchmark Grit and eight-tenths of a mile northwest of USGS benchmark Yahtse. The occurrence, in the SE1/4 section 19, T. 24 S., R. 25 E., of the Copper River Meridian, is locality 8 of Cobb (1972 [MF 411]; 1979 [OF 79-1246]). |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Titanium | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Ore |
Ilmenite | Ore |
Magnetite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Rutile | Ore |
Garnet | Gangue |
Sphene | Gangue |
Zircon | Gangue |
Model code | 119 |
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USGS model code | 39a |
BC deposit profile | C01. C02 |
Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
Mark3 model number | 54 |
(1) | -141.18721, 59.82326 |
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Development status | Occurrence |
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District name | Yakataga |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | IB001 |
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.
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.
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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a - beach) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 12-DEC-01 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |