South Spit (Goodnews Bay)

The South Spit (Goodnews Bay) is a chromium and 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: South Spit (Goodnews Bay)  

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium, Gold

Lat, Long: 59.03, -161.84000

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South Spit (Goodnews Bay) MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: South Spit (Goodnews Bay)


Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Goodnews Bay


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: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1963

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance sampling of beach sands was completed in 1958 or 1959 (Berryhill, 1963).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Berryhill (1963) collected three samples of the modern beach along the Bering Sea side of South Spit (Goodnews Bay). Chromite was present in pan concentrates from all of the samples and it was a major constituent in two of them; magnetite was present in about equal amounts to chromite. The iron content ranged from 1.6 to 3.6 pounds per cubic yard, and there was a trace of gold in all three samples. This occurrence is continuous with chromite- and gold-bearing beaches to the south in the Hagemeister Island D-6 quadrangle (HG001). Hessin and others (1978, [OF 78-9-J; OF 78-9-K; OF 78-9-L; OF 78-9-P]) and Coonrad and others (1978) showed that samples of bottom sediments collected offshore of the present beach contained anomalous concentrations of Cr, Co, Ni, Hg, Au, and Pt in several places.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE; beach (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive


References

Reference (Deposit): Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of chromium in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-J, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of cobalt in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-K, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Condon, W.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-447, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Berryhill, R.V., 1963, Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6214, 48 p.

Reference (Deposit): Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of nickel in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-L, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Coonrad, W.L., Hoare, J.M., Taufen, P.M., and Hessin, T.D., 1978, Geochemical analysis of rock samples in the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-H, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Coonrad, W.L., Hoare, J.M., Taufen, P.M., and Hessin, T.D., 1978, Geochemical analyses of rock samples in the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-H, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of mercury in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-P, scale 1:250,000.


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