Nelson Lagoon

The Nelson Lagoon is a titanium and iron mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Nelson Lagoon

Commodity

Primary: Titanium
Primary: Iron

Location

State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Shoreline placer Ti

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1963

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

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is on land partly owned by the state and partly on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of beach placer deposits of ilmenite and titaniferous magnetite in a long spit covered by sand dunes up to 40 feet above water table. Fourteen drill and seven shovel samples were dug along this 20-mile section of beach (Berryhill, 1963). In the magnetic fraction, iron content ranged from 4.9 to 309.7 pounds per cubic yard and the titanium oxide content ranged from 1.2 to 70.2 pounds per cubic yard. In the non-magnetic fraction, titanium oxide content ranged from 0.8 to 8.5 pounds per cubic yard.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

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

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

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