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Muscovite from
Kensington mine, Berners Bay Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kensington mine, Berners Bay Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1001048
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1001048:6
GUID (UUID V4):db0cf91c-78e5-4a37-be64-6e8372b575d4
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Mexican Prospect, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Horrible; Savage Mine, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Kensington Mine, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Ophir; Hartford; Chilkat; Selkirk; Acropolis Prospect, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Bear Mine, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) Eureka Prospect, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Northern Belle; Elmira; Yellowjacket; Boston; Troy Mine, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Johnson; Northern Lights Mine, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
3.6km (2.3 miles) Jualin mine, Berners Bay Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
3.7km (2.3 miles) Jualin Mine, Juneau Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
1)+%#. 5748';  ,WPGCW #NCUMC Alaska Resource Data File Juneau quadrangle Descriptions of the mineral...throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral occurrences in the Juneau 1:250,000-scale...000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through the USGS World Wide Web site...authored by: John C. Barnett and Lance D. Miller Juneau, AK This report is preliminary and has not been...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-456 Alaska Resource Data File JU001 Site name(s): Unnamed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departmentof Geologyand Geophysics, Universityof Alaska,Fairbanks,Alaska99775-0760 WILLIAM J. PICKTHORN...most likelyof metamorphic origin.Valuesof bD for muscovite, biotite,andhornblendefromcountry rocks,aswell...locatedapproximately125 km inboardof the Gulf of Alaska and about 20 km west of the Coast batholith. Placergold...0361-0128/91/1171/66-1553.00 66 and ore petrographyat the Alaska-Juneau mine, the largestproduceralongthe goldbelt, were...y investigationsindicate that the ore fluids JUNEAU AuBELT:O, H, & SSTUDIES were low-salinity H20-CO2-CH4-N2-H2S
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIEECTOB GEOLOGY OF THE BERBERS BAY REGION ALASKA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING........................................... 14 Berners formation ......................... : ...........38 Ivanhoe mine.......................................................... 38 Horrible mine..............39 Bear mine. ............................................................ 39 Kensington mine........... 40 Eureka mine. .............................................. ^.......... 42 Comet mine...........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Formationat the KensingtonandJualinDeposits,BernersBay District, SoutheastAlaska LANCE D. MILLER,* Departmentof...RICHARD A. KIRKHAM EchoBayAlaska,3100 ChannelDrive,Juneau,Alaska99801 Abstract The BernersBaydistrictat...Presentaddress: EchoBayAlaska,3100 ChannelDrive,Juneau, Alaska99801. 0361-0128/95/1677/343-2654.00 343...which to studythe evolution of a mesothermal vein district. The BernersBayminingdistrict(Fig. 1) islocatedat...mesothermalquartz veinsin the Juneaugold belt. Mining activity in the BernersBay districtbeganin the
Report (issue)
systematic investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska by the Geological Survey has yielded a large amount...geologic features of the metalliferous deposits of Alaska, using the results obtained by the many geologists...purely scientific results which have been achieved. Alaska is rich in metallic wealth. Its lode' and placer...The rapid advance of the mining 1 Brooks, A. H., The coal resources of Alaska: Twenty-second Ann. Kept... The Alaska coal fields: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 314,1907, pp.40-46 Brooks, A. H., Alaska coal and
Report (volume)
GOLD BELT, ALASKA BY ARTHUR C. SPENCER AND A RECONNAISSANCE OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND, ALASKA BY WASHINGTON...PRINTING 1906 OFFICE CONTENTS. THE JUNEAU GOLD BELT, ALASKA, BY ARTHUR C: SPENCER. Page Introduction............................... Topography of the Juneau belt....................................................................................... 6 Juneau map.............................................................. 7 Climate of southeastern Alaska......................................... -^ 7 Timber
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS IN THE JUNEAU, TAKU RIVER, ATLIN, AND PART OF THE SKAGWAY QUADRANGLES, ALASKA BY D. EDWARD WELLS...of Mines, Juneau, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Present address 89861 Alaska Park, CA...DEPOSITS IN THE JUNEAU, TAKU RIVER, ATLIN, AND PART OF THE SKAGWAY QUADRANGLES, ALASKA By D. Edward Wells...prospects, mineral occurrences, and mining claims in the Atlin, Juneau, Taku River, and part of the Skagway...groups. The descriptions are in this order: Atlin, Juneau, Skagway, Taku River. The symbol at each site is
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR BULLETIN 504 THE SITKA MINING DISTRICT ALASKA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...intrusive rocks to mineralization______________ Kiag Bay _______________________________ Geography and hi...Gate mine____:_____________________ Hirst Cove Mining Co__ - _________________________'. _ Other prospects________... The gypsum deposit____________________________ Mine developments___________________________ Market ...Geologic reconnaissance map of the Sitka and Juneau mining districts __________________________________
Report (volume)
Center, Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Map...Ave., Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 • ANCHORAGE, Alaska-4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 • LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal...the U.S. Geological Survey offices: • FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. • ROLLA... Mississippi-Bldg. 3101. Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992 CYNTHIA DUSEL-BACON.... . NORTHERN ALASKA Late Holocene Longitudinal and Parabolic Dunes in Northern Alaska: Preliminary Interpretations
Report (volume)
800 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY A. F. BUDDINGTON AND THEODORE CHAPIN !....Theodore Chapin.___ _________ Notes on history of mining development- _____-______----__--____ Geography...distribution________________________________ Ketchikan district.._______________________________________ Vicinity...Bay___________________________________________ Thomas Bay....____________________________ Port Houghton__ ...Holkham Bay and Tracy Arm__________________________.._ Page 45 49 49 52 57 59 60 66 68 68 Juneau district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Klipwal Shear Zone (KSZ) at the Klipwal Gold Mine is confined to laminated quartz–carbonate lodes...footwall splays. Alteration comprises chlorite, muscovite, Editorial handling: H. Frimmel and B. Lehmann...Johnson No. 326, Canterbury Ct., Alamo, CA 94507, USA Present Address: S. S. Chinnasamy Department of Earth...veins with alternating quartz–carbonate-rich and muscovite–chlorite-rich laminae, whereas the proximal zone...of K-feldspar, albite, epidote, chlorite, and muscovite along with carbonates and associated quartz veins
Book
Geology of Southeast Alaska Rock and Ice in Motion Geology of Southeast Alaska Rock and Ice in Motion... Stowell University of Alaska Press Fairbanks © 2006 University of Alaska Press P.O. Box 756240 Fairbanks...Data Stowell, Harold Hilton. Geology of southeast Alaska : rock and ice in motion / Harold H. Stowell. p...paper) 1. Geology—Alaska, Southeast. 2. Glaciers—Alaska, Southeast. 3. Plate tectonics—Alaska, Southeast. 4...4. Climate—Alaska, Southeast. I. Title. QE84.S68S76 2006 557.982—dc22 2005027066 All illustrations by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are widespread within allochthonous terranes of Alaska that are composed dominantly of greenschist-facies...concentrated in south-central and southeastern Alaska; small and generally nonproductive gold-bearing...major placer deposits in interior and northern Alaska. Oreforming fluids in all areas are consistent...hydrothermal activity. Within interior and northern Alaska, latest Paleozoic through Early Cretaceous contractional...possibly related to extension and uplift. In southern Alaska, gold deposits formed during latter stages of Tertiary
Report (issue)
IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA.1 By GEORGE H. CANFIELD. INTRODUCTION. The streams of Alaska have been important...industrial growth. The success of placer mining in northern and central Alaska has depended primarily on the water...hydraulicking and dredging, and in southeastern Alaska water power has long been used by mines, canneries...water resources of Alaska. Investigations with special reference to placer mining have been made in Seward...parts of southeastern Alaska. In the summer of 1914 Leonard Lundgren, district engineer of the Forest
Report (volume)
PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON...... Southeastern Alaska............................................... Yakutat Bay......................................................... Controller Bay..................................................................................... Southwestern Alaska............................................................................................ THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks.........
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...(Malcolm, 1912), galena was widely considered by mine operators to be correlated with better gold grades...was described in a carbonate quartz veinlet in one mine in the Mother Lode system (Knopf, 1929). Method
Report (volume)
Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS K. BUNDTZEN, HENRY...metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786 Bibliography...No.: 119.3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series...COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used by permission
Report (issue)
MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By A. F. BTJDDINGTON FIELD WORK Since 1921 the writer...southeastern Alaska. The field work in 1921 and 1922 was devoted chiefly to the Wrangell district. A part...believed, is of immediate practical value to the mining industry. For this reason it is here presented...understanding of the occurrence of ores in the district examined is by no means complete. Therefore, the...with the gold and silver deposits of the Hyder district and the copper and nickel ores of Chichagof and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DenÕer Federal Center, DenÕer, Colorado, 80225 USA c Terra Sancta, Unit 6, 4 Brodie Hall DriÕe, Bentley...deposits Že.g., Charters Towers, Australia; Ryan Lode, USA; Mokrsko, Czech Republic; Vasil’kovskoye, Kazakhstan...Ferrifero, Brazil; Homestake, Northern Black Hills, USA.. 2.2. Deposit mineralogy and alteration The orogenic...Crown, Hill 50 in Western Australia and Alaska-Juneau, SE Alaska, USA.. Gold:silver ratios range from 10 Žnormal...having been in the 5–30 grt range; modern-day bulk-mining methods have led to exploitation of lower grade
Report (issue)
SURVEY Metallogeny and Major Mineral Deposits of Alaska by 1 Thomas K. BundtzenS 7 Henry C. Berg 0"3 ,...endorsement by the U.S.G.S. ' U.S. Geological Survey ^ Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and... universities, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Andersen, Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska Roger P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey
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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - -9 Bristol Bay region 9 Mercury --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Report (issue)
SURVEY METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY Henry C. Berg, John E. Decker, and Beth S....selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in southeastern Alaska........................................................................................... 37 Juneau quadrangle.......................................128 METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By Henry C. Berg, John E. Decker, and Beth S....mineral deposits publically known in southeastern Alaska in 1980. This report is part of a regional metal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, USA SC b State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes...literature. Carlintype gold deposits in Nevada, USA, although characterized by aqueous-carbonic fluids...2002). The RIRGD include the Fort Knox deposit in Alaska, the generally subeconomic deposits of adjacent...by Na>K>>Mg and Ca, although precipitation of muscovite or K-feldspar from such a fluid will be NU favored...hydrothermal clays may exist along with sericite/muscovite as important silicate alteration phases, minor
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska ..............................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts .............................................................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ...........................................24 Arizona – Northern half of Coconino Co. Mining Districts ..............................25 Arizona
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
relatively low gold grades (≤1–2 g/t Au); and district-scale zoning to Ag-Pb-Zn deposits in distal zones...alteration assemblages (carbonate to diopside, muscovite to biotite/phlogopite) and metal associations...zoning Cryptic lateral and vertical zoning Strong district-scale zoning; Au-W/Sn-Ag/Pb/Zn Variable, but...midcrustal granitoids High-level granitoids in gold district Early igneous heat source?; later deep crustal/lithosphere...Pine Creek - Tanami, Australia 40 Trans-Hudson, USA 45 Quadrilatero Ferrifero, Brasil Gold resource
 
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