Port Heiden

The Port Heiden is a iron and titanium mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Port Heiden

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Shoreline placer Ti

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Shoreline placer titanium (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39c)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The magnetic fraction of 24 auger samples collected in 1963 contained 2.2 to 103.6 pounds iron and 0.6 to 21.9 pounds titanium oxide per cubic yard. The non-magnetic fraction contained 0 to1.2 pounds titanium oxide per cubic yard.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1963

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of beach placer deposits of ilmenite and titaniferous magnetite in narrow spits and bars along the outer shores of low-lying mudflats. The beaches are sandy gravel, often loosely packed.? Twenty-four auger samples were collected along this 20-mile section (Berryhill, 1963). They were screened, tabled, and run through a magnetic separator. In the magnetic fraction iron content ranged from 2.2 to 103.6 pounds per cubic yard, and the titanium oxide content ranged from 0.6 to 21.9 pounds. In the non-magnetic fraction the titanium oxide content ranged from 0 to 1.2 pounds per cubic yard. A trace of flour gold was present in 5 samples.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located on state land, part of which is in the Port Heiden Critical Habitat Area.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Chignik quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-374, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Berryhill, R.V., 1963, Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6214, 48 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

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