This site is on land partly owned by the state and partly on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.
Location: This site represents approximately 20 miles of sampled beach placer deposits on the Alaska Peninsula along the coast of Bristol Bay. Sampling extended northeast from sec. 22, T. 49 S., R. 80 W., of the Seward Meridian on Port Moller D-5 quadrangle to Lagoon Point on Port Moller D-4 quadrangle (Cobb, 1972 [MF 433], locality 7; Cobb, 1973 [B 1374], locality 2; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 7; Wilson and others, 1988, locality 7). This site is plotted near the midpoint of the sampled section of beach, on the boundary of secs. 5 and 6, T. 49 S., R. 78 W., of the Seward Meridian.
Geology: 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.
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Fe, Ti
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Shoreline placer Ti (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39c)

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Iron

ⓘ Titanium

Mineral List

ⓘ Ilmenite

ⓘ Magnetite

2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe²⁺TiO₃

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Magnetite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
ⓘ	Ilmenite	4.CB.05	Fe²⁺TiO₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃
O	ⓘ Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄
Ti	Titanium
Ti	ⓘ Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Ilmenite	Fe²⁺TiO₃
Fe	ⓘ Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄

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References

Berryhill, R.V., 1963, Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6214, 48 p. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Port Moller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-443, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p. 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. 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., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.

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