Alaska
Prospect

Haines Iron

Alaska, United States
TitaniumIron
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Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model23: Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Titaniferous Magnetitite
GangueAmphibole, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Pyroxene
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite
Associated rockPyroxenite
AlterationChloritization.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10094072
MRDS IDA013107
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates59.24975, -135.5821
References
Wright, C.W., 1909, Mining in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 379, p. 76-86.Knopf, Adolph, 1910, Occurrence of iron ore near Haines, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442-C, p. 144-146.Robertson, E.C., 1956, Magnetite deposits near Klukwan and Haines, southeast Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 132, 37 p.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-424, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Robertson, E.C., and Winkler, G.R., 1974, Geology of the Skagway B-3 and B-4 quadrangles, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 832, 33 p.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Mt. Fairweather and Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-316, 123 p.Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale approx. 1:600,000.Still, J.C., Hoekzema, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Gilbert, W.G., Wier, K.R., Burns, L.E., and Fechner, S.A., 1991, Economic geology of Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine area, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 91-4, 156 p., 5 sheets, scale 1:63,360.