 | | 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 (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...malachite, azurite, and covellite. Native copper, enargite, copper oxides, and some other copper-bearing...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone) |  | | 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 (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 (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 (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) | | 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 (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 |  | Price, J. B., Hitzman, M. W., Nelson, E. P., Humphrey, J. D., Johnson, C. A. (2014) Wall-Rock Alteration, Structural Control, and Stable Isotope Systematics of the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska. Economic Geology, 109 (3) 581-620 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.3.581 | 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: |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | as pseudomorphs after chalcopyrite, chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent...Carroll counties, the Mineral district, Louisa County, and the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia;...Virginia; the Ducktown district, Polk County, Tennessee; and the massive sulfide district centered around Paulding...Tri-State district and was well known from mines in Jasper County, Missouri, and the Pitcher district, Ottawa...known from the Reynolds vein in the Summitville district, Rio Grande County, where, in the early 1970s |  | | 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) | | 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 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) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top left: From late 199] to 1993 Cambior Alaska Inc. constructed...flow, and fish populations. When the mine closed, Valdez Creek was diverted back to its original location...excavation work on Pit A-8 of Valdez Creek gold mine operated by Cambior Alaska Inc. as it appeared in early...early August 1994. From 1984 to 1995 Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14...from the Valdez Creek (or Denali) placer mine, which is 18 percent of all the gold mined in Alaska during |  | | Report (issue) | | with Division of Trade & Development Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top: Ryan Lode...investigates a silver prospect in the Chulitna mining district during a DGGS mapping project in July 1997...(left) and Jim Vohden (right) of the Alaska Division of Mining & Water Management, and Bronwen Wang of...Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY LIBRARY Alaska’s...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces...a dime. (Photo by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers)...1994 the mine, which has been operated by Cambior Alaska Inc., produced 47,622 ounces (1,481 kilograms)...Lower left: The Red Dog Mine complex in northwest Alaska shows the spatial relationship of the open cast | | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JANUARY-FEBRUARY, OF THE ORE DEPOSITS NO. I 92o OF KENNECOTT, ALASKA. ALAN M. BATEMAN AND D. H. MCLAUGItLIN...result's of field and laboratory studies of the Kennecott deposits carried on at various times during the...last five years. The authors were together at Kennecott in the field seasonof I915, when the work was...copperdepositsof the famous Bonanza and Jumbo Mines at Kennecott,Alaska, are unique for the character of their ores...most impor- GEOLOGY OFORE DEPOSITS OFKENNECOTT, ALASKA. 3 tant ofthemining properties oftheKennecott |  | | Report (volume) | | Geochemical Survey of the Valdez 1°X3 o Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska Cover. View to southwest of...gold-bearing vein deposits including those of the Bremner district, just beyond the left edge of the view. Photograph... Geochemical Survey of the Valdez 1°X3 o Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska By Richard J. Goldfarb, J.... Geochemical survey of the Valdez 1°X3° quadrangle, south-central Alaska I by Richard J. Goldfarb, J...Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:B2084 1. Geochemistry-Alaska-Chugach Mountains Region. 2. Ore-depositsAlaska-Chugach |  | Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, Donald, Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., Yeend, W.E. (1988) Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1988 (88-73) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr8873 | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this systemareMineral Formula Abbreviation Enargite Cu ,ASS4 en Luzonite Tennantite Lautite C...(35), botryoidalluzonite has formed on crystalsof enargite which has in some casesbeen leached out while...Cu-As-Ssystem. Analysesof naturallyoccurringluzonite-enargite pairsare few. At Tsumeb,Moritz (51) reportsthat...apparently very rare, but may be easilymistakenfor enargite. Collineari•ies.-Collinear Precluded Cu, It...Covelliteoccurswithin grainsof enargite(and alsoof pyrite) at Cerro de Pasco(28, p. 669) and at Kennecott (7). In the sameoresat |  | Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Grybeck, D.J., Koch, R.D., Eremin, R.A., Rozenblum, I.S., Sidorov, A.A., Byalobzhesky, S.G., Sosunov, G.M., Shpikerman, V.I., Gorodinksy, M.E. (1993) Metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the Russian Northeast. Open-File Report Vol. 1993 (93-339) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr93339 | 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 |
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