Unnamed (near Cook Inlet Shoals)

The Unnamed (near Cook Inlet Shoals) is a titanium and iron mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Cook Inlet Shoals)

Commodity

Primary: Titanium
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Alaska
District: Redoubt

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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cook, 1969

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Very limited descriptive information is published on this occurrence.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurence has been reported as an offshore mining lease for titanium in Cook Inlet, north of Fire Island. Cook (1969, p. 89-99) evaluated this occurrence by concentrating the heavy minerals in a -48 mesh fraction. Concentrates yielded 15.9 pounds of magnetite and 5.2 pounds of ilmenite per cubic yard. He reported that the amount of heavy minerals was too low to be of economic value at that time. Very limited descriptive information is published on this occurrence.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Ti (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39c)

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1998, Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), Talkeetna Quadrangle: Worldwide Web URL http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html.
URL: http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html

Reference (Deposit): Cook, D.J., 1969, Heavy minerals in Alaskan beach sand deposits: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 20, 114 p.

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