Alaska
Past Producer

Lituya Bay

Alaska, United States
GoldPlatinumChromiumTitaniumMetalIron
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryPlatinum
TertiaryChromium, Titanium, Metal, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formBEACH SANDS
Materials
Ore mineralsIlmenite, Magnetite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRIOR TO 1867 TO WW II
Identification
Deposit ID10103632
MRDS IDM045385
Alternate namesLituya Bay Gold Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.6497, -137.68546
References
BROOKS, 1904, P. 46 (B225)WRIGHT, C. W., 1907, P. 64-65 (B314)BROOKS, 1918, P. 23, 41-42 (B662)BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)5) MARTIN, 1920, P. 28 (B712)6) BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 76 (B714)7) BROOKS, 1922, P. 34 (B722)8) BROOKS, 1923, P. 23 (B739)9) BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 25 (B755)10) BROOKS, 1925, P. 23 (B773)11) MERTIE, 1933A, P. 133-135 (B836)12) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 29 (B864-A)13) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 30 (B868-A)14) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 34 (B880-A)15) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 40 (B897-A)16) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 38 (B910-A)17) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 36-37 (B917-A)18) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 33 (B926-A)19) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 32-33 (B933-A)20) KENNEDY AND WALTON, 1946B, P. 71 (B947-D)21) ROSSMAN, 1957 (OF 149)22) MILLER, D. J., 1960, P. 5623) THOMAS AND BERRYHILL, 1962, P. 1-2, 6-7, 37-3924) ROSSMAN, 1963A, P. F45-F46 (B1121-F)25) BERG AND COBB, 1967, P. 195 (B1246)26) MACKEVETT AND OTHERS, 1971, P. 3, 53, 56, 64