Egegik Beach Beach Placer Occurrence

The Egegik Beach Beach Placer Occurrence is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Egegik Beach Beach Placer Occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1963
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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

Analytical Data: BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES CONTAIN FROM TRACE TO 0.003 OZ/TON AU-USGS 80-909, P. 37

Materials

Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Geology): COARSE MATERIAL LARGELY OF IGNEOUS ORIGIN TRANSPORTED FROM ALEUTIAN RANGE BY GLACIOFLUVIAL PROCESSES. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS QUAT. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER IS UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS AUGER AND SHOVEL SAMPLES TAKEN, UP TO 13 FT. DEEP

Comment (Commodity): BLACK SAND CONCENTRATES CONTAIN UP TO 245.7 LBS/CY FE AND 53.2 LBS/CY TI IN MAGNETIC FRACTION

Comment (Location): USBM RI 6214, SAMPLE LOC. 144, FIG. 9; ALSO USGS MF-442, LOC. 2. PLACER EXTENDS 2 MI. N AND S OF LOCATION ON BEACH. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): SAMPLED BY BERRYHILL, 1963, USBM RI 6214

Comment (Deposit): TRACES OF FLOUR GOLD FOUND IN TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE-RICH BLACK SAND VENEERS UP TO 6 IN THICK ON MODERN SAND AND GRAVEL BEACH ALONG STRAND LINE, AMONG SAND DUNES, AND BURIED IN OLDER DEPOSITS INLAND.

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 6214, P. 28-31 (1963)

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-442, LOC. 2 (1972)

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 80-909, P. 37 (1980)

Reference (Other Database): USBM-RI-6214-144

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