The Cape Alitak Beach is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Cape Alitak Beach MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cape Alitak Beach
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kodiak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = As reported by Capps (1937), in 1935 a mill was under construction to treat the wind-blown dune sand for its gold content. No further efforts were reported and the endeavor was apparently not sucessful. At this same time some mining of the beach deposits was being carried out with sluice boxes and amalgamation plates.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps, 1937
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located within the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At this site placer gold has been found in beach deposits as well as in sand dunes derived from the beach sands. Magnetite is fairly abundant in the dunes as well as on the beach. Gassaway (1935, p. 4) reports black sand layers on the beach to be up to 2 feet in thickness with a gold content of less than commercial grade. The gold was reported to be extremely fine and difficult to amalgamate.The immediate source of the placer gold is thought to be the nearby bluffs of glacial gravels and tills.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 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., 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 map sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Trinity Islands quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF- 468, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Gassaway, L.D., 1935, Black sand deposits of Kodiak Island: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Report 135-3, 6 p.
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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