Reconnaissance of Ugashik Beach Sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska

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• Personal Author:
  Kimball AL
• Description:
  This report describes a Bureau of Mines examination of beach deposits on the east shore of Bristol Bay in Alaska. The analytical results obtained on 125 samples from the deposits are presented. These results indicate that gold is associated with the black sands in local concentrations, which occasionally cover areas as large as 1 acre in size. The deposits were seldom more than 6 inches in thickness and the samples never exceeded 0.007 Ounce per ton in gold content. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  AFOC - Alaska Field Operations Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10010080
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-211052
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB 211 052 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries :28 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB 211 052; Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9d7b8398aca6fa8d4008da255a44c736bf94adc1a251f5bffc9c0236fad4c1407aa31a77b7713f32f71582696d59f0f7a9d52e90a5b552a64cff89792f7d2018
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207034/cdc_207034_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.07 MB ]