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Scheelite from
Fish Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Scheelite
Formula:Ca(WO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Scheelite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fish Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:580441
Long-form Identifier:1:3:580441:2
GUID (UUID V4):1a310dde-5543-416d-87d7-08b4cc794be4
Nearest other occurrences of Scheelite
2.9km (1.8 miles) White Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Pearl Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
3.5km (2.2 miles) Fort Knox Gold Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) Voght; Melba Creek; Monte Cristo; Granite Hill Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
4.9km (3.0 miles) Yellow Pup Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Colbert; Big Chief; Pearl; Triangle Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Stepovich Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Franklin; Ptarmigan; Zimmerman Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
7.0km (4.3 miles) Schubert Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
7.5km (4.7 miles) Mizpah; Black Joe Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-819 PART A SUMMARIES...mineral occurrences in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral...construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819...Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...most part undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but...been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these were more in the nature...development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the semiprecious and base metals, however...GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described in some detail
Report (volume)
a so f Tungsten Deposits in the Fairbanks District Alaska w T GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1024-1...1024-1 Tungsten Deposits in the Fairbanks District Alaska By F. M. BYERS, JR. MINERAL RESqURGES GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALASKA BULLETIN 1024-1 Description of the scheelite deposits in relation to...scheelite_____________________ Distribution of scheelite-----______-_----------__-_---_Localization of...________________________________________ Steele Creek-First Chance Creek area_____-___-_-___-__--_----_ Spruce
Report (issue)
nes, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 6 I50" ctf o3 S _ --1.G184 LG1B6 ctf LG030...occurrences in the Livengood 1:250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...(907) 786-7424. This compilation is authored by: Alaska 03 'B- ' ** o £2 0) j 1 Q o C/5 14- ...^! Curtis J. Freeman and Janet Schaefer Fairbanks, Alaska C^ '*s*^__^r*&*'' Location of map ar«a In...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product
Report (issue)
MINING IN NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. By S. H. CATHCART. INTRODUCTION. The season of 1918 was the most unfavorable...unfavorable for placer mining that the Seward Peninsula has experienced. Several factors combine to account...Solomon Eiver district frost as deep as 10 feet was reported, and in the Council City district frost was... fuel, and foodstuffs was felt severely in all mining operations. It is estimated that the cost of production...arrival of the first boat until June 25. Ditch and creek waters froze October 3, and the first 6 inches of
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By THEODORE CHAPIN. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The mineral production of...of the Fairbanks district in 1917 included placer gold, valued at $1,310,000; lode gold, valued at $47...failures would doubtless have resulted. Quartz mining showed a slight increase, which in large part was...1917 was turning out several hundred pounds of scheelite a day. On the other property a similar mill was...made small outputs. On the whole the gold quartz mining was insignificant. The production of antimony in
Report (issue)
RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon1, Thomas D. Light2, C....Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Virginia 22092 Anchorage, Alaska Menlo Park, California 94025 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 Denver, Colorado ...RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon, Thomas D. Light, C. Dean...1997 INTRODUCTION This report, as part of the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP), assesses
Report (volume)
Placer Deposits of Alaska By EDWARD H. COBB GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374 An inventory of the...the placer mines and prospects of Alaska, their history and geologic setting UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...and method of presentation __ Definitions _-____ Alaska Peninsula region Aleutian Islands region ________...Anchorage district _ Redoubt district ___-_ _ Valdez Creek district __ _ Willow Creek district Yentna district...district _____________ _ ____ __________ _____ Copper River region __ _ _ _ Chistochina district Nelchina
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 649 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF ALASKA BY ALFRED H. BROOKS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................................................. Mining developments and production............................................. 1............... Fairbanks district. .............................................................................. Fredericks mine.......................................... Spaulding............ Eldorado Creek Mining Co ................................ Newsboy mine....................
Report (volume)
Tungsten Deposits of the Hyder District Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1024-F Tungsten Deposits...Deposits of the Hyder District Alaska By F. M. BYERS, Jr.j and C. L. SAINSBURY MINERAL GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES...RESOURCES SURVEY OF ALASKA BULLETIN 1024-F A description of the mines and prospects UNITED STATES...Mountain View mine__________________________---Fish Creek property..__________________________ Last Chance...part of the Hyder district. Geologic map of the Lindeborg shear zone, Riverside mine. Geologic maps of
Report (issue)
RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1949 This report concerns work done on behalf...RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1949 By Helmuth Wedow, Jr., M. G. White, and others...Washington 25, D. C. CONTENTS Page Page CHAPTER A. Fairbanks and Livengood quadrangles, by Helmuth Wedow, Jr.......... Fairbanks district................... Melba Creek bismuth prospect... Tolovana mine.................... Cleary Hill mine............... Elliott Highway ..................... Geology .............
Report (issue)
RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 This report concerns work done on behalf...RECONNAISSANCE FOR-RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 By Helmuth W edow, Jr., P. L. Killeen, and... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairbanks district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Radioactivity studi'es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alaska. Highway belt ....... ~ ........... Geology .....River valleys-Con. Areas investigated-Continued Alaska. Highway belt-Continued Radioactivity studies-Continued
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...-_-__-_____-_-_--___-__.--___ Pre-Cambrian rocks (Birch Creek schist)..___-_-----__--_.-__ Character- ___-_--...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...____________ Dome Creek and vicinity_____---_--____-_--__--__Little Eldorado Creek._.-_--_-_-_--.__-----__...__-----__._..Cleary Creek.______________________.___ Fairbanks Creek________-_____.__________________Goldstream
Report (volume)
Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska By HENRY C. BERG and EDWARD H. COBB . G E O L O G I C A L S...A n inventory of the mines and )- grosfiects of Alaska and their ' f geologic settings UNITED STATES...acknowledgments--- - - - - - ----- - - - -- - -- 4 Alaska Peninsula region- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---20 Valdez Creek district_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...placer gold mine operations on the Eureka and Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern...northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces (1,286 grams) and is unofficially the tenth largest...by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell...Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten of the last eleven years, and it is one of the largest
Report (issue)
Yukon and Tanana rivers to Lake Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31...1-77, maps, 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of...drainage lines. The plains border the uplands on the north, east, and south, extend broadly into the principal...trend and lies very close to the course of the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. The northeasterly trend
Report (issue)
given to the mining of stibnite-bearing lodes, but it soon subsided. The Big Hurrah quartz mine is the only...was opened up on any considerable scale, and this mine was operated only from 1903 to 1908 and then not...underground work has been done at the Lost River tin mine, the Kougarok silver-lead property, and the gold...the platinum recovered from the placers of Dime Creek. Basic igneous rocks occur in the vicinity of these...statement is the silver-lead deposit at Omalik in the Fish River basin, which was opened up and from which
Report (issue)
SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM AND THORIUM IN ALASKA, 1962 By Helmuth Wedow, Jr. and other* UNITED...SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM AND THORIUM IN ALASKA, 1952 By Helmuth Wedow, Jr. and others This report...SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM AND THORIUM IN ALASKA, 1952 CONTENTS Page Page Abstract .............Nelson ........................ Chandalar mining district.......... Gold Bench area,...................West and J. J. Matzko ................... Hope Creek area ............... Miller-House-Circle Hot Springs
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1925 MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1925 By FRED H. MOFFIT INTRODUCTION...in the investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska, describing the mineral deposits, and presenting...prompt publication of notes on the more important mining developments of the year and of the principal results...investigations which may be of immediate use to the mining public. The papers included in this volume are...report on the geology and mineral resources of a district makes possible its publication with much greater
Report (issue)
SELECTED NONMETALLI FERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA TO ACCOMPANY OPEN-FILE MAP 77-1680 This report...SELECTED NONMETALLI FERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA (To accompany Open-file Map 77-168D) By G. Donald...accompanying map have been prepared under the Regional Alaska Mineral Resource Appraisal Program (RAMRAP) to...nonmetal1iferous deposits, both lode and placer, in central Alaska. Specifically excluded are the fossil fuels (petroleum...government and private sectors, discussions with mine operators, and the firsthand knowledge of the authors
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska ............................................................................................346 North Carolina ....................................................................................356 North Dakota ........................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ....................................
Report (volume)
Synopsis of the Mineral Resources and Geology of Alaska GEOLOGICAL 1 SURVEY BULLETIN 1307 Synopsis... Synopsis of the Mineral Resources and Geology of Alaska By EDWARD H. COBB GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1307...with the Department of Natural Resources, State of Alaska UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON:...Introduction _________________________________ Alaska Peninsula region ___________________________ Aleutian..._________ Northern Alaska region ____________________________ Northwestern Alaska region _^_______________________
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska.............................................................................................295 North Carolina ....................................................................................302 North Dakota ...........................................Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...NW¼SE¼Sec. 15, T.22 N, R. 13 E, on S bank of a creek in the Hillabee schist⎯Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite
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.............................................1 Alaska.............................................................................................295 North Carolina ....................................................................................302 North Dakota ...........................................Not a county in Alabama but a tradition of a “lead Mine” worked by Indians.) PELL CITY, NE 3 mi., area quarries⎯black...NW¼SE¼Sec. 15, T.22 N, R. 13 E, on S bank of a creek in the Hillabee schist⎯Arsenic, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite
Report (issue)
HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...his report. Stream tin was first found on Buhner Creek, a tributary of Anikovik River, in 1900, and there...since 1902. In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two...following season. A second dredge was installed on Buck Creek in 1915 and has worked each summer since that date...hull in 1916 and installed on a dredge on Swanson Creek, a tributary of Agiapuk Eiver. The hull was carried
 
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