 | | Report (issue) | | Environmental and Hydrogeologic Conditions at Nome, Alaska By Joseph M. Dorava U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...the FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage, Alaska 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT...11 FIGURES 1. 2. Map showing location of Nome, Alaska and the Federal Aviation Administration facilities...Hydrograph showing discharge of the Snake River near Nome for the 1991 water year ..........................precipitation and snowfall for the period 1948 to 1987, Nome ............................................... |  | Zhou, Wei, Chen, Gang, Li, Hui, Luo, Huayang, Huang, Scott L. (2007) GIS application in mineral resource analysis—A case study of offshore marine placer gold at Nome, Alaska. Computers & Geosciences, 33 (6) 773-788 doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2006.11.001 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | analysis—A case study of offshore marine placer gold at Nome, Alaska Wei Zhou, Gang Chen, Hui Li, Huayang Luo...Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755800, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5800, USA Received 19 July 2005;...analyze the offshore marine placer gold deposits at Nome, Alaska. Two geodatabases, namely Integrated...be used for gold resource estimate at any given spatial domain. Information on placer gold deposits can...use of these geodatabases. Ore body boundaries, gold distribution, and the resource estimation at various |  | | Report (issue) | | Water Management FRONT COVER Top: Ryan Lode Mine gold recovery plant and heap leach pads bask in late...McGroarty (left) and Jim Vohden (right) of the Alaska Division of Mining & Water Management, and Bronwen...on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological...Alaska’s mining industry in 1997. Without question, Alaska is experiencing a world-class boom in mining that |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Structural Evolution of the Rock Creek Gold Deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska BRUCE R. OTTO,1,†,* JOE PIEKENBROCK...640, Nome, Alaska 99762-0640 Abstract Sheeted quartz veins at Rock Creek contain an indicated gold resource...located on the Seward Peninsula, 12 km north of Nome, Alaska, occurs in variably graphitic greenschist-facies...marble of the lower Paleozoic to upper Proterozoic Nome Group. The veins at Rock Creek, as at many prospects...are hosted by the most carbonaceous part of the Nome Group. These strata underwent complex polyphase |  | | Report (issue) | | available mineral reserves of Alaska. The Territory is now producing copper, gold, and silver in large quantities...and other undeveloped mineral deposits known in Alaska may be able to furnish a supply during the present...much of the coal and oil and a part of the copper, gold, and other metalliferous deposits. In general, most...to this group in so far as they require extensive mine equipment before productive operations can be begun...deposits of Ketchikan and Prince William Sound and the gold and silver deposits of Juneau and other coastal |  | | Report (volume) | | D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA BY MARCUS BAKER SEC03ST3D EIDITIOIT PKEPAHE...Survey. CHARLES S. SLOANE, Secretary, Bureau of the Census. Maj. WILLIAM D. BEACH, General Staff, War Department...years ago determined to prepare a dictionary of Alaska geographic names and appointed a committee which...approve the second 'edition of the Dictionary of Alaska Geographic Names, which has recently, been prepared...forms contained therein. GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA. By MARCUS BAKER. Second edition, prepared by JAMES |  | | Report (issue) | | A diamond-drill crew explores the Johnson River gold-polymetallic deposit near Iliamna volcano about...(997,542 tonnes) grading 10.35 grams per tonnes gold, 7.84 grams per tonnes silver, 8.37% zinc, 1.17%...fine) gold nuggets recovered from Silverado Mines Inc. openpit and underground placer gold mine operations...depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces (1,286 grams)...placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten |  | | Report (volume) | | DIRECTOR THE GOLD PLACERS OF PARTS OF SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA INCLUDING THE NOME, COUNCIL, KOUGAROK...Kuzitrin formation___________.______________.._ 69 Nome group______________________________ 70 General ...classification of placers___________________ 114 Gold in bed rock_______________________________ 116 ...mineralization________._______________ 124 Separation of gold from bed rock_____________________ 125 Transportation...of placer gold______________ 128 Concentration of gold on bed rock_____________________ 128 Reconceutration |  | | Report (issue) | | COVER Top left: From late 199] to 1993 Cambior Alaska Inc. constructed the first phase of a two-phase...Phase one channeled the stream around the open-pit mine operations. During the stream diversion the company...quality, stream flow, and fish populations. When the mine closed, Valdez Creek was diverted back to its original...work on Pit A-8 of Valdez Creek gold mine operated by Cambior Alaska Inc. as it appeared in early August...Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14,279 kilograms) of refined gold from the |  | | Report (issue) | | RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOME QUADRANGLE, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA By C. L. Sains bury, C. L. Hummel...1:63,360 scale in the Nome Quadrangle. 2. Reconnaissance Geologic Map of the Nome Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula...Peninsula, Alaska. ii Reconnaissance Geologic Map of the Nome Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska By C... L. Hummel, and Travis Hudson INTRODUCTION The Nome quadrangle adjoins the south edge of the Teller...quadrangle (Sainsbury, 1972). The land portion of the Nome quad- rangle comprises six l:63,360-scale quadrangles |  | | Report (issue) | | IRON-ORE DEPOSITS NEAR NOME. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. Considerable local interest has long...deposits of iron ore in an area that centers about 25 miles northwest of Nome. A day was spent at this...general area. The Monarch group was reached easily in a day's travel on horseback from Nome, the route...MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1914. GEOLOGY. The bedrock of the iron-bearing area consists chiefly of...of the several formations of the Nome group,1 including the Port Clarence limestone and other limestones |  | | Book | | Lael Morgan's GOOD TIME GIRLS of the AUSKA-YUKON GOLD RUSH “ . . . Fascinating reading . . . the abundant...than any fictional account." —Nancy Brown, (Kenai, Alaska) Peninsula Clarion WHITECAP BOOKS Text copyright...girls of the Alaskan-Yukon gold rush ISBN 1-55110-994-8 1. Women pioneers—Alaska—History. 2. Women pioneers—...Territory—Klondike River Valley—History. 3. Prostitutes— Alaska—History. 4. Prostitutes—Yukon Territory—Klondike...life—Alaska. 6. Erontier and pioneer life—Yukon Territory—Klondike River Valley. 7. Alaska—Gold discoveries |  | | Report (issue) | | DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF TELLER AND CAPE NOME SEWARD PENINSULA ALASKA, 194647 By M. G. White, W. S. West,...IN THE VICINITY OF TELLER AND CAPE NOME, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA, 194647 By M. G. White, W. S. West...Purpose and scope of investigation ... Location of area.................... Specific areas investigated... Part 2. Reconnaissance in the vicinity of Cape Nome, 1947, by W. S. West and J. J. Matzko Abstract....Introduction............................ Location of area................... Purpose and scope of investigation |  | | Report (issue) | | RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOME C-2 QUADRANGLE, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA By C. L. Sainsbury, Travis Hudson... Reconnaissance Geologic Map of the Nome C-2 Quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska by C. L. Sainsbury, Travis Hudson...INTRODUCTION The Nome C-2 quadrangle lies immediately west of Nome, Alaska, and adjoins the area mapped by Hummel...Hummel (1962a). The area contains placer and lode gold deposits. Placer gold has been produced from several...containing gold, base-metal sulfides, or fluorite and barite may exist. MAPPING METHODS The area was mapped |  | | Report (issue) | | MINING IN NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. By S. H. CATHCART. INTRODUCTION. The season of 1918 was the most unfavorable...October 3 by the early freeze-up. The demand of the Nome labor union for an eight-hour day without overtime...MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1918. $1,108,000 represents the value of the placer gold and $87,172 the value... silver, and platinum. GOLD. TOTAL PRODUCTION. The production of placer gold was less than half that...already cited. The details of the production of placer gold in Seward Peninsula in 1918 are given in the following |  | | Report (issue) | | compiled from various sources, of the amount of gold produced by the entire peninsula for the year 1907...production of gold in Seward Peninsula from 1897, the first year in which any notable amount of gold was won...placers of the ancient beach about 3 miles north of Nome. Although extensions of this beach have been uncovered...Placer mining in Alaska: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 259, 1905, pp. 19-24. Mofflt, F. H., Gold mining in Seward... pp. 132141; The Nome region : Bull. No. 314, 1907, pp. 126-144. Smith, P. S., Gold fields of Solomon |  | | Report (issue) | | MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE SOLOMON QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-181 PART A ...mineral occurrences in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska (Gobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral...construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-181...the report or map. Abbreviations used are: AOF Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Mines Bulletin G U.S. Geological Survey Circular GC Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys |  | | Report (issue) | | RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOME D-3 QUADRANGLE, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA By C. L. Sainsbury, Thomas... Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome D-3 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska by C. L. Sainsbury, Thomas E...INTRODUCTION The Nome D-3 quadrangle lies adjacent to the Bering Sea, some 40 miles west of Nome, Alaska. It adjoins...adjoins on the west the Nome C-2 quadrangle mapped in 1971 (Sainsbury and others, 1971) and, on the south...end of the Kigluaik Mountains are included in the Nome D-3 quadrangle. MAPPING METHODS The rocks east |  | | Report (volume) | | BULLETIN 533 GEOLOGY OF THE NOME AND GRAND CENTRAL QUADRANGLES ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT > $ CO WASHINGTON...reports ______________________________ Location and area of the district! _ _______________ Typography ________...geology of Seward Peninsula _______ Stratigraphy of Nome and Grand Central quadrangles _______ Kigluaik group...___ __________ PegmatiteAge______ _____ _______. Nome group . __ Schist____________ ___________ Limestone__________..._________ Age _ _ Igneous rocks associated with the Nome group - ____ ______ Greenstone __..__ Granite-_____ |  | | Report (issue) | | OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1955 ALASKA ~OPERTY Of: U. S. GECJLCCICAL p U 8 Ll C II...INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 ALASKA By E. G. Bailey Washington, D. C., 1956 INDEX... INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30,1955 ALASKA By E. G. Bailey EXPLANATION This index lists...lists the streamflow and reservoir stations in Alaska for which records have been or are to be published in...pages 9, 10. l Drainage area (sq mi) Gaging station Southeastern Alaska Davis River near Hyder (at |  | | Report (issue) | | of which over $80,000,000 *is the value of the gold won from placer mines. Lode prospecting began soon...soon subsided. The Big Hurrah quartz mine is the only lode-gold producer that was opened up on any considerable...considerable scale, and this mine was operated only from 1903 to 1908 and then not continuously. Within...done at the Lost River tin mine, the Kougarok silver-lead property, and the gold lodes near Bluff, but elsewhere...the output from those few has been small. In the area of the York Mountains the relation of the mineralization |  | | Report (volume) | | AND COAL RESOURCES OF THE CAPE LISBURNE REGION, ALASKA ARTHUR- J. COLLIER WASHINGTON GOVIOHNMENT PRINTING...Girty.............. Other Carboniferous.areas in Alaska....................... Mesozoic formations.......Lisburne. region, Alaska.. 22 VI. Tertiary plants from Kenai (Eocene) formation of Alaska ......... VII...AND COAL RESOURCES OF THE CAPE LISBURNE REGION, ALASKA." BY ARTHUR J. COLLIER. INTRODUCTION. Cape Lisburne...into the Arctic Ocean from the western coast of Alaska between latitudes 68° and 69°. It lies 160 miles |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | examples of VGPs, one such being of some onshore gold placers (Goldfarb, 2007). Others have been interpreted...in a major, placer-hosting offshore and coastal area. Each group contains a variety Vertical grade profiles...morphology of a very fine-grained mineral, especially of gold, is an additional factor in defining its hydraulic...geomorphological feature in which a mineral is concentrated. An area within which there occur numerous large placers...volume to qualify as a placer. Precious metals (gold and platinum group metals), cassiterite, diamonds |  | | Report (issue) | | forth is unnecessary. In trying to cover so large an area as the southern part of Seward Peninsula, the writer...of gold was won, to the end of the open season of 1908. a Brooks, A. H., Placer mining in Alaska: Bull... H., Gold mining.in Seward Peninsula: Bull. No. 284,190G, pp. 132-141. Moflit, F. H., The Nome region:...region: Bull. No. 314,1907, pp. 126-144. Smith, P. S., Gold fields of the Solomon and Niukluk River basins:... Hess, F. .L., Smith, P. S., and Brooks, A. H., Gold placers of .parts of Seward Peninsula: Bull. No |  | Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuben, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., Todd, W.E. (1969) Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, D-6 quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1969 (69-236) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr69236 | Report (issue) | | B-6, C-6, D-5, D-6 QUADRANGLES, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA By C. L. Sainsbury, Reuben Kachadoorian, Travis...mapping, numerous In areas containing numerous placer gold deposits, known rare Because of the intense current...dating from about 1901-1910. except for the Nome area, was based entirely upon reconnaissance surveys...widespread occurrence of cinnabar in the placer gold areas, Such values were discarded, were collected...at the levels quoted) for Aa, Sb, appropriate. Gold detected at the level of .02 ppm (parts per million) |
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