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Uganik Beach Mine, Kodiak Mining District, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
57° 57' 0'' North , 153° 31' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
57.95000,-153.51972
GeoHash:
G#: bd6cdt6r5
GRN:
N39W61
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Mindat Locality ID:
200476
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200476:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: This site is a beach located on the northwest tip of Uganik Island in the vicinity of triangulation station Cloff (Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 19; Cobb, 1973, figure 11, locality 5; MacKevett and Holloway 1977, locality 17).
Geology: This is a beach gold placer which had some production prior to 1912 (Martin, 1913). No information regarding geology, value of production, or periods of later mining are available.
Age: Quaternary

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Gold placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

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1 valid mineral.

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ⓘGold1.AA.05Au

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Auⓘ GoldAu

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References

Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investiagtions in 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880-C, p. 111-184, 1 plate, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 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. Martin, G.C., 1913, Mineral deposits of Kodiak and the neighboring islands, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1912: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, p. 125-136.
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