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Limonite from
Kennecott, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


Classification
Species:'Limonite' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Limonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kennecott, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:358807
Long-form Identifier:1:3:358807:9
GUID (UUID V4):a111a56f-355f-43f7-bc40-f6d496d5c1f7
Nearest other occurrences of Limonite
52.9km (32.9 miles) Great Northern Development Company Prospects, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) Mountain Sheep Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
65.9km (41.0 miles) Mullen Prospect, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
75.9km (47.2 miles) Spirit Mountain Prospect, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
83.2km (51.7 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - VA079; near Canyon Creek), Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
84.7km (52.6 miles) Harrais Prospect, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
98.6km (61.3 miles) Unnamed Mine (ARDF - NB021; southeast flank of White Mountain), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Bulletin 947-F COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NIZINA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY DON J. MILLER WITH;AN INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION BY FRED H. MOFFIT Mineral resources of Alaska, 1943 and 1944 (Pages .93-120) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Copper deposits.__________________ _ __ _____ Kennecott mines.___________________________ __________ Regal...showing location of copper deposits of the Nizina district-_________ _____ __ __'__ In pocket 27. Sketch...adjacent area.- In pocket FIGURE 12. Index map of part of Alaska showing the location of the Nizina district_____
Report (volume)
COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE KOTSINA-KUSKULANA DISTRICT ALASKA BY RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE AND ROBERT F. BLACK...INTRODUCTION BY FRED H. MOFFIT Mineral resources of Alaska, 1943 and 1944 (Pages 121-141) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...FIGURE 20. Sketch map of Alaska, showing the location of the KotsinaKuskulana .district. _______-__________--_-_--______--_-...Russian exploration along the Pacific Coast of Alaska, but it was not the object of special search until...ore body of the Kennecott mine and to many other mines and prospects throughout the area. In early days
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE LOWER COPPER RIVER BASIN, By FRED H. MOFFIT. COPPER MINING IN CHITINA VALLEY. INTRODUCTION...activity of the copper market is reflected in the district by increased interest in prospecting for copper...detail.. The copper ores of the district extending from Kotsina River to Nizina are chiefly bornite, chalcopyrite...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone)...(Chitistone) overlying the lava flows. The Kennecott-Bonanza and Jumbo mines are the best known of such deposits
Report (issue)
NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE McCARTHY QUADRANGLE, ALASKA Compiled by Edward H. Cobb and Edward M. MacKevett...Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...the mineral resources of the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska. The references listed are selected in the sense...Mines and many annual and biennial reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...commodities present (listed alphabetically); the mining district (Ransome and Kerns, 1954 (IC 7679)) in which
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 (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE CHITINA VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREA ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...----___--_-__-_-_______-_-------__ Chitistone and Nizina limestones__-_------_-_---_-__ McCarthy shale_...reconnaissance map of the Chitina Valley and adjacent area-----.-.. _______________________________ In pocket...glacier opposite the mouth of Frederika Creek and the Nizina River___________________________________________...lower Skolai Creek; B, View of the west side of Nizina Valley from a point about 1 mile north of the Chitistone
Report (volume)
William Sound District, Alaska By FRED H. MOFFIT and ROBERT E. FELLOWS MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1945-46..._ Threeman Mining Co. claims.______________________________ Landlocked Bay Copper Mining Co. claims._____...___--___ Fidalgo-Alaska Copper Co. claims__-_--.---_._______________ Fidalgo Mining Co. property_---..._________________________________________ Knights Island Alaska Copper Co. prospect________ _______ Copper Coin...northwestern Prince William Sound______._ Sketch map of Alaska showing location of Prince William Sound_____ _'_____
Report (issue)
75 )'1.1)+%#. 5748';  5GSWKO 9CUJKPIVQP Alaska Resource Data File McCarthy quadrangle Descriptions...mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral...occurrences in the McCarthy 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-404 Alaska Resource Data File MC001 Site name(s): Unnamed...Status: Inactive Workings/exploration: Page 2 Alaska Resource Data File MC001 Only limited surface
Report (issue)
NONMETALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EASTERN SOUTHERN ALASKA TO ACCOMPANY OPEN-FILE MAP 77-169A This report...NONMETALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN EASTERN SOUTHERN ALASKA (To accompany open-file map 77-169A) By E. M....eastern southern Alaska. The table and accompanying map -are part of the Regional Alaska Minerals Resource...Resource Assessment Program (RAMRAP).for. southern Alaska. They are based on an extensive literature search...Geological Survey and information derived from the Alaska Minerals Resource Appraisal Program (AMRAP) were
Report (issue)
Nelson and Radovan Copper Prospects, Glacier Creek, Alaska by C.L. Sainsbury Oct. 1951 REPRODUCED FROM BEST.............................................. 2 Area! geology and structure... ........................Figure 1. Index map of Alaska, showing location of the Nizina t copper district. ' Figure U. Sketch...Sketch map of the Radovan Gulch area, showing location of Radovan prospects. Plate 1. Geologic and topographic...RADOVAN * "2 7^*1 COPPER PROSPECTS, GIJICIER CREEK, ALASKA n? ] '" :^j^v'»«*^^^r*^WVi^- 7V"'- *?!/ - '--r
Report (issue)
THE FUTURE OF ALASKA MINING. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. OUTLINE. The Alaska mining industry, which has turned...be credited to the gold and copper deposits, but Alaska mines have also produced silver, platinum, palladium...year to year, such as are more or less inherent to mining in remote regions. This advance was made in spite...output of Alaska up to over $48,632,000, a larger amount than that for any other year since mining began...world-wide depression of the gold-mining industry has also greatly affected Alaska. As a consequence the value
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...13'09798] COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...See deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska Jason B. Price,†,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract The Kennecott district, Alaska, contained three important copper-(silver)...other small occurrences. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennecott Copper Corporation recovered some 1.18 billion...silver from these deposits. The host rocks for the Kennecott deposits are part of the type section Wrangellia...Important field criteria for the recognition of Kennecott-style deposits include any or all of the following:
Report (issue)
Alaska Resource Data File, Valdez quadrangle, Alaska By Travis L. Hudson1 Open-File Report 03–30 2003...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 Sequim, Washington Alaska Resource Data File Valdez quadrangle Descriptions of the mineral...throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral occurrences in the Valdez 1:250,000-scale...000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through the USGS World Wide Web site...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-30 Alaska Resource Data File VA001 Site name(s): Unnamed
Report (volume)
Smith, Director Bulletin 813 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1928 BY...Price 40 cents CONTENTS . Mineral industry of Alaska in 1928, by Philip S. Smith._______-___ Administrative...by S. R. Capps____________________ Mining in the Fortymile district, by J. B. Mertie, jr_______-_ _-______..._-______ Notes on the geology of upper Nizina River, by F. H. Moffit.___-__--__ Index..________________...Selected list of Geological Survey publications on Alaska.______________ Page 1 73 97 125 143 165 I ILLUSTRATIONS
Report (issue)
of Chistochina River, on the south side of the Alaska Range, in the upper Copper River basin. The other...Chisna rocks. 137 138 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. Fault blocks of similar conglomerate (see...age, as mapped by Moffit 1 in the Chistochina district. » Moffit, F. H., U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 498...tuffaceous conglomerate, and breccia, occupies an area south of Slate Creek. It is bordered by a fault...a number of places 140 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. indicate that there are very large deposits
Report (issue)
valuable minerals that have yet been produced in the district under consideration. They are named in the order...is produced almost wholly in connection with the mining of copper, although a much smaller quantity is...MINERAL, RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1922. * The oldest known rocks of the district are included in the Strelna...the McCarthy shale. Since 1917, however, the name Nizina limestone has been applied to the upper two-fifths...of the original Chitistone limestone of the Nizina district, and the name Chitistone limestone has been
Report (volume)
General Geology of jke McCarthy C-5 Quadrangle; Alaska By E. M. MAcKEVETT, JR. Descriptions of the rocks...Chitistone Limestone ... .... ._ . __ _... . _ _ _ . Nizina Limestone . .... _ .. . .._._ _..._ . _. McCarthy... __. . _ .. Lubbe Creek Formation _. . __ .. . Nizina Mountain Formation .. _ . _-. .. Root Glacier Formation...GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE McCARTHY C-5 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By E. M. MACKEVETT, JR. ABSTRACT The McCarthy C-5...C-5 15-minute quadrangle includes a rugged area on the southern flank of the Wrangell Mountains having
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NOTES ON A KENNECOTT DEPOSIT, GLACIER ALAN TYPE OF COPPER CREEK, ALASKA. M. BATEMAN. INTRODUCTION...discovery of interesting copperore at GlacierCreek, Alaska,disclosed anotherdeposit of theKennecott typeof...metallization. Sinceit lies some35 milesfrom Kennecott,and consistsof generally similarore,it indicates...regionalgeologyis, in general,similarto that at Kennecott. Rock Formations.--The formations in the vicinity...Manager,KennecottCopperCorp., Kennecott,Alaska. 2 Chief Engineer, Kennecott, Alaska. a Moffit, F. H.: Notes
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 (issue)
INTRODUCTION. Eleven parties were engaged during 1917 in Alaska surveys and investigations. The length of the field...results of which can not be expressed in terms of area. About 1,050 square miles was covered by reconnaissance...Service, stream gaging was continued in southeastern Alaska. In 1917 the entrance of the United States into...the construction of the Government railroad in Alaska gave more than ordinary importance to the collection...geographically, two parties worked in southeastern Alaska, two on Prince William Sound, and one in the region
Report (issue)
prospectors as early as 1897, when the properties of the Alaska Commercial Co. on Landlocked Bay, the Gladhaugh...high point. By 1907 the number of men engaged in mining copper and in the search for cbpper in this region...presented to investors in many places outside of Alaska, so that the interest in it was by no means local...on Prince William Sound is at the mines of the Kennecott Copper Corporation on Latouche Island. The copper...Ellamar district, Alaska: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 605, pp. 52-61, 1915. 2 Johnson, B. !>., Mining on Prince
Report (issue)
ON AN APPRAISAL OF THE URANIUM POSSIBILITIES OF ALASKA* By Helmuth Wedow9 Max G 0 White, and Robert M0...authors 7 opinions of the uranium possibilities of Alaska through March 1951 S the date of the completion...Peninsula-Kobuk region ............ York district .................. Lost River area .............. Brooks Mountain...... Uranium possibilities of the York district . Nome district .................. . Uranium- possibilities...possibilities ........... Council district ................ Uranium possibilities- ........... Pairhaven and
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...NORTHEASTERN RUSSIA METALLOGENESIS OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Noklebergl...and Richard D. Koch 1 1-U.S. Geological Survey ^-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-339 PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...LODE DEPOSITS AND PLACER DISTRICTS FOR MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Nokleberg1
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1951 * GEOLOGY OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND REGION, ALASKA By Fred H. Moffit...the earliest geologic investigation carried on in Alaska and from the beginning has presented problems of...rnetamorphism. The rocks of the older group, the Valdez, are exposed chiefly on the north and west sides...faulted into rocks of the Valdez group. The sedimentary rocks of the Valdez and Orca groups have yielded...a Late Cretaceous age for at least part of the Valdez and Orca groups. Heavy snows and accumulations«of
 
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