Tugidak Island

The Tugidak Island is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Tugidak Island  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 56.4, -154.72000

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Tugidak Island MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tugidak Island


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: 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

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active?

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Smith (1933) reports that natives have recovered placer gold in amounts valued at a few hundred dollars. In 1996 there were active placer claims on the southern end of the island.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gassaway, 1935

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Scattered patches of black sand concentrations occur at the high tide mark. They are widely scattered , their volume is small, and their gold content is reported to be very low (Gassaway, 1935).

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary


References

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1930: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 836-A, p. 1-83.

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., 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.


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