Port Moller

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Port Moller

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: Sand and 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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1963

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The magnetitic fraction of 11 auger and shovel samples collected in 1963 contained 1.1 to 191.4 pounds iron and 0.3 to 42.2 pounds titanium oxide per cubic yard. The non-magnetic fraction contained 0 to 10.3 pounds titanium oxide per cubic yard.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of beach placer deposits of magnetite and titaniferous ilmenite in well-developed sandy spits extending 5 miles southwest of Franks Lagoon.? Berryhill (1963) collected 11 auger samples and a few shovel samples along this 5-mile section of beach. These samples were screened, tabled, and run through a magnetic separater. The magnetic fraction contained 1.1 to 191.4 pounds iron per cubic yard and 0.3 to 42.2 pounds titanium oxide. The non-magnetic fraction contained 0 to 10.3 pounds per cubic yard titanium oxide.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located on state land.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

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

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.

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