The Steelhead Creek Beach Sands is a gold and titanium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 98 feet.
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
Elevation: 98 Feet (30 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Titanium
Lat, Long: 58.5856, -137.55420
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Steelhead Creek Beach Sands MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steelhead Creek Beach Sands
Secondary: Oregon King Consolidated
Secondary: Barnard Hahl Group
Secondary: C. L. Blakemore
Secondary: Steelhead Nos. 1-3w
Secondary: Discovery
Secondary: Charles I. Ferdine
Secondary: Nos. 4-7, 4a-7a
Secondary: Roy Culligan
Secondary: Placer Nos. 1-7, 3a-7a
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Titanium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: PGE
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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
Type: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Culligan, Roy
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Gold Reserve Mining Inc.
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1980
Production
Year: 1916
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Year: 1915
Description: Production Reported Unknown
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Andesine
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Oligoclase
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Labradorite
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Hornblende
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Rutile
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Enstatite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Augite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INITIAL EXPLORATION PROBABLY PANNING. PAST PRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF AREA IN 0021110100. OTHER DRILLING IS PVC TUBE SAMPLING. SAMPLING ADEQUATE TO REFLECT TRUE ILMENITE BUT NOT AU CONC.
Comment (Reference): RATAJ, 1975, NOTES FROM RECORDERS OFFICE (UNPB USBM NOTES)
Comment (Production): RUSSIANS MINED BEACHES PRIOR TO SEWARDS PURCHASE. DATES UNK.
References
Reference (Deposit): B836b pp. 134-135
Reference (Reserve-Resource): OF78-494 p. C87
Reference (Deposit): B836b pp. 133-135
Reference (Deposit): RI5986 pp. 1-2, 6-7, 37-39
Reference (Deposit): P632 pp. 3, 53, 64, 67-69, 83
Reference (Deposit): MF436
Reference (Deposit): B1374
Reference (Deposit): OF78-316 pp. 32-34
Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 pp. C28-C91
Reference (Deposit): OF78-494
Reference (Deposit): OF81-122
Reference (Deposit): OF82-719 p. 10, No. 230
Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-5
Reference (Deposit): B947D p. 71
Reference (Deposit): OF149
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