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Platinum from
Bear Gulch Mine, Koyuk Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Platinum
Formula:Pt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Platinum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bear Gulch Mine, Koyuk Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:576770
Long-form Identifier:1:3:576770:0
GUID (UUID V4):d3c6eec1-a870-40c2-a542-44ab7c5b634c
Nearest other occurrences of Platinum
1.4km (0.9 miles) Lower Sweepstakes Creek; Eagle; Circle; Rampart and Fairbanks claims; A. Johnson; Moon; W. Porter; J. Winder Mine, Koyuk Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
12.6km (7.8 miles) Rube Creek Mine, Koyuk Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) Dime Creek; Haycock; Dime Creek Dredging Co.; Dime Creek Mining Co.; Haycock Mining Co.; Moon and Ryan; Smith Mine, Koyuk Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
17.8km (11.1 miles) Quartz Creek; Jack Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) Greenstone Creek Occurrence, Koyuk Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) Bear Creek Mine, Fairhaven Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...of the Nome district." Hess mentions 3 that Goldbottom Creek in the Nome district, Fred Gulch, north...Mountain in 1902 and on Lost Eiver the following year. Mining operations have been carried on at both localities...p. 157, 1906. 353 354 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. River assessment work has been done annually...corporations which did .some mining, milling! the ore in a small test mill at the mine on Cassiterite Creek.
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 (issue)
IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA ALASKA, 1945-47 and 1951 By H. R. Gault, P. L. Killeen...THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA, 1945-47 and 1951 By H. R. Gault, P. L. Killeen... CONTENTS Page Page A. --Sweepstakes Creek area, 1945., by H. R. Gault, R. F. Black,and J. B. Lyons...vicinity . . . . . . . . . 7 CHAPTER B. --Candle Creek area, 1945, by H. R. Gault Abstract. ............•.•...•.•........•.•......•..• 11 Geology and placer mining ....•......•....• 11 Radioactivity tests .....
Report (issue)
NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256) ...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...observations regarding the physical features of this district and has coordinated them with the facts hitherto...publication. 11011 34 1 247 248 MINERAL KESOUECES OF ALASKA, 1931 INTRODUCTION The Koyukuk River, which is...the country tributary to the Koyukuk embraces an area averaging about 110 miles north and south and about
Report (issue)
SELECTED CRITICAL AND STRATEGIC MINERAL COMMODITIES IN ALASKA Compiled by Edward H. Cobb and Dennis R. St. Aubin...niobium, tantalum, and tin), the platinum group of metals (platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium...resources or reserves. Criteria for platinum-group metals are: platinum was listed as a constituent of a...of the platinum group were identified; or production of "platinum-group metals" or "platinum" was reported...the series. Abbreviations used are: AOF, State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
Report (issue)
IN THE MOOSE CREEK AREA, ALASKA BY GERALD A. WARING Mineral resources of Alaska, 1932 (Pages 155-166)...ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 6. Map of the Moose Creek area, showing geology, coal mines, and drill holes______...Moose Creek area correlated on'conglomerate beds and with the coal seams of the Premier mine._________...Creek area.___________ FIGURE 6. Map of part of Alaska showing location of the Moose Creek area._._____...COAL IN THE MOOSE CREEK AREA By GERALD A. WARING ABSTRACT The Moose Creek area is in the western part
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 857 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1932 BY...WASHINGTON : 1934 CONTENTS Page Mineral industry of Alaska in 1932, by P. S. Smith____________ Selected list...placer-gold production from Alaska, by P. S. Smith___ The Curry district, by Ralph Tuck_____________________...Tuck_____________________ Notes on the geology of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, by S. R. Capps__________..._____ Core drilling for coal in the Moose Creek area, by G. A. Waring____ Index_____________ ___ _ __________________
Report (issue)
RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages 115-245)...________-___ Ruby district._______-___-____--._-_--.-__---_--__._______ Ruby area.______-_____--_---...__--_-___--__-_-___-_________ 145 Long Creek and Bear Gulch..____________________ Fifth of July and Short...and tributaries.________________________ Poorman area._______________________________________ Poorman...geology Continued. Placers Continued. Cripple district.-_--______________.___-_._._._..__._.___._ Cripple
Report (issue)
INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1931 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BY PHILIP S. SMITH Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931...separate chapters. CONTENTS Mineral industry of Alaska in 1931---_---------------__------------- Page...districts._______-______ __-_-_.______ Southeastern Alaska.-.-.-.____________________ Copper River region...Peninsula.__-__-_---_-_-__--__--__-___ Northwestern Alaska._-____-_____--_______-__Dredging.._____-______..._____________________________________________ Platinum metals.----_--_-_---_-------------_-----------_Tin
Report (issue)
MATERIALS) IN THE KANTISHNA RIVER AND RUBY QUADRANGLES, ALASKA By Edward H. Cobb and Robert M. Chapman Open-file...theKantishna River and Ruby quadrangles ' in central Alaska. All references to reports of the Geological Survey...Bureau of Mines, and to most reports of the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Mines and the biennial and annual reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...RE is used for all rareearth elements); the mining district (Ransome and Kerns, 1954 (1C 7679)) in which
Report (volume)
of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits of Alaska Compiled From Published Reports of Federal and...of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska, compiled from published reports of Federal and...resources Indexes. 2. Mines' and mineral resources Alaska. I. Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-, rjoint author...quadrangle________________________________________ 209 Nome quadrangle________________________________________...investigations__________________---_-_----____-__ Territory of Alaska Department of Mines pamphlets____________--_ 360
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. \ «CA042 CAM8 CAM7 j ' CAMS' , c Al CAMS...Candle l:250,000-scale quadrangle, northwestern Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...Anita Williams Anchorage, AK Location of nup area In Alaska This report is preliminary and has not been...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 00-025 Alaska Resource Data File CA001 Site name(s): Alameda...Production Status: None Site Status: Inactive Page 2 Alaska Resource Data File CA001 Workings/exploration:
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 5 PLACER DEPOSIT MAP OF CENTRAL ALASKA /) Compiled by Edward H. Cobb Open-file report...Survey standards rs Placer deposit map of central Alaska Compiled by Edward H. Cobb Introduction This map...depicts the location of placer deposits in central Alaska and uses contrasting symbols to show three categories...incomplete, and in many instances were stated for entire mining districts or even larger statistical units. The...discussion with colleagues familiar with specific mining camps. Most of the inaccuracies in assigning deposits
Report (issue)
OTHER MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC METALLOGENIC PROVINCES IN ALASKA (WEST OF THE 141st MERIDIAN) By Jeffrey Y. Foley1...Mines, Alaska Field Operations Center. Present address: 3301 C Street, Suite 525, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503-3935...Introduction Metallogenic provinces Northern and western Alaska Western Brooks Range metallogenic province Seward...metallogenic province Alaska Range Eastern Alaska Range metallogenic province Central Alaska Range metallogenic...metallogenic province Southwestern Alaska metallogenic province South-Central Alaska Border Ranges metallogenic
Report (volume)
D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA BY MARCUS BAKER SEC03ST3D EIDITIOIT PKEPAHE...established; old mining fields have been developed and new ones discovered and prospected; mining camps of that...PEEFACE. the same as names met at every turn in the mining regions of the West. The first edition of this-...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
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
Report (volume)
Director \ Bulletin 918 THE GOODNEWS PLATINUM DEPOSITS ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. I* UNITED STATES...geology________---__-_--_---_---------__________________ Platinum deposits-__----------------_---------_-_-____________...features______-------_-___-_-______________.___ .Platinum Creek and Fox Gulch___--_-___._.____________ Squirrel... IV ' CONTENTS Economic geology Continued. Platinum deposits Continued. Genesis of placers. _____...Topographic map of Platinum and vicinity_______________ In pocket 2. Geologic map of Platinum and vicinity_________________
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291
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DIRECTOR ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH By JOHN MASON BODTWELL WITH A SECTION...DIRECTOR ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING ^DISTRICT, UTAH By JOHN MASON BOUTWELL WITH A SECTION...-.......---.-----------...----...- -. 20 21 24 Area and age of the intrusives. .......:.................. 25 PART I. AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM DISTRICT, BY ARTHUR KEITH. Geography...............--.... PART II. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BINGHAM MINING DISTRICT, UTAH, HY JOHN MASON BOUTWELL. Introduction
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description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...-­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska -----------------------------------------Cook Inlet-Susitna...J\la:ska region ------------------Southwestern Alaska region ------------------1'ukon region -------...(to nearest 1,000 ounces) of 25 principal gold-mining districts of the United States-through 1959---
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TOWNS & MINING CAMP SITES . ol % \ AND WHERE THEY FOUND IT A GUIDE TO GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMP...that reading about and visiting Ghost Towns and mining camp sites are becoming increasingly popular. Fact...the history of both the famous and little-known mining booms. This book is particularly valuable because...most important and interesting Ghost Towns and mining camps, giving specific directions to help you reach...including maps, historic and modern photographs of mining towns, sketches, and pictures of those who became
Journal (issue)
Bibliography arranged by countries: Africa 3 19 Alabama Alaska Argentine Republic Asia Australia Austria 21 21...IV. Metallurgy and Chemistry V. Mineralogy VI. Mining and Milling 187 II. ^ * 226 234 VII. Statistics... dikes, or placers of a particular country or district, and in the arrangement of this bibliography the...handling, and re" " and of tin ores are placed under Mining and Milling duction " Metallurgy." The lists given... Metallurgy and Chemistry; V, Mineralogy; VI, Mining and Milling; VII, Statistics. It is thought that
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Exposition.* G. Dodd, the superintendent of the mining departof the Union Iron Works, it will readily...Mines of Salt Spring Valley, Cal. • Between Bear mountain and Gopher Ridge, in Cala- ; veras county...of Copperopolis northwestward to Valley Spring. Bear mountain and Gopher Ridge are ley. composed largel...greatly varying size. The gold-bearing quartz of the district is associated with these dykes, usually constituting...is that of the building and head frame at that mine. An electric plant is stalled at La Grange
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Street Grants Pass *************************** MINING LANDS ARE MULTIPLE-USE LANDS "Our expanding economy...purpose or use - it could be used exclu'sively for mining, grazing, logging, or for recreation. Now, however...speech before the 1958 meeting of ,the Americon Mining Congress in San Francisco, September 24, 1958....comment at the meeting, for mining people are accepting as a fact that mining lands are multiple-use lands...permitted oil and gas dev~lopment on land under mining location. In 1955 Public Laws 167 and 359 were
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