 | | Report (volume) | | MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE KOTSINA-CHITINA REGION, ALASKA BY FRED PL MOFFIT AND A. G. MADDREN WASHINGTON...__ Azurite ________________________________ Chalcanthite __ __ ____________________ Occurrence of the...__________________:_____ Jumbo Creek_________________________ Erie and Independence claims________ _ __ Nikolai Creek...Gold______________________________________ The Nizina placers ___________________________ Location and...reconnaissance map of Chitina River and Copper River region, Alaska.________________________ In pocket. II. Geologic |  | | 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)...the principal metal that has been sought in this district, silver has been found at one locality, where |  | | 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 |  | 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) | | High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska Jason B. Price,†,1,* Murray W. Hitzman,1 Eric...Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract The Kennecott district, Alaska, contained three important copper-(silver)...copper-(silver) orebodies, Bonanza-Mother Lode, Jumbo, and Erie, and numerous other small occurrences. From 1911 to...the Kennecott district in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park of eastern-southern Alaska (Bateman and...Lasky (1932). Little work was conducted in the area after mine closure in 1938 until the late 1960s and 1970s |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY AND MINERAL .RESOURCES OF THE NIZINA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT AND STEPHEN R. CAPPS...glaciation_^________ Chitina glacier. ____ _ _ ______L Nizina glacier_________: ________ Kennicott glacier_________...71 71 74 75 75 77 77 77 78 79 80 81 83 83 84 90 Erie claim____'.__________________________._______ 91...showing location of area represented on the Nizina special map________ II. Nizina special map 9 in...in pocket III. Geologic map of the Nizina district_____________ In pocket IV. A, Talus cones on east |  | | 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) | | 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 (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_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Flagstaff, in Coconino County, a pineforested volcanic area. The elevation is around 7,000 ft. with the San...a lot of limestone outcroppings but most of the area is covered with volcanic cinder. On former trips...tourists, one of whom, a rockhound from the Los Angeles area, brought a specimen to the Museum. As a result,...good deal of collecting during the weekends. "At a mine east of Leadville (Lake Co.). Colo., almost at the...are reported from only one mine at Mackay, Idaho. Also found at this mine are malachite, azurite, cuprite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | OF THE ORE DEPOSITS NO. I 92o OF KENNECOTT, ALASKA. ALAN M. BATEMAN AND D. H. MCLAUGItLIN. 1 ...the famous Bonanza and Jumbo Mines at Kennecott,Alaska, are unique for the character of their ores and...most impor- GEOLOGY OFORE DEPOSITS OFKENNECOTT, ALASKA. 3 tant ofthemining properties oftheKennecott...oftheKennecott Copper Corp., are situated atKenneco.tt, Alaska. (SeeFig.•.) Thistown lies about 200miles northeast...location ofCordova, Copper River and Kennecott. Cordova isn, aviga'ble theyear around andtherailroad maintains |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diamond-bearing peridotite from the Mufreesboro, Arkansas area.' "I am also enclosing samples of this Enstatite...nearly three page article on the Arkansas Diamond Mine, with three pictures, and is quite true to facts...incrustations, has been found in the St. Kevin mining district, 8 miles west of Leadville, Lake Co., Colo...Delhi-Babb fluorite mine near Salem, Livingston Co., -Ky. LOUISIANA — Something new in mining technique will...Sulphur Co. when it begins to operate its new sulphur mine at Bay Ste Elaine, La. The sulphur deposit is located |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite,...scheelite, vanadinite, wulfenite Corral Canyon District Various mines and prospects: anatase, rutile,...(top). Clinotyrolite spray, 3.4 mm across, Lovelock mine, Churchill County. Figure 2 (bottom). Wulfenite...Hot Springs Iron meteorite Lake (Mopung Hills) District Various mines and prospects: mopungite,* romeite...Table Mountain (Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon) District Lovelock mine: annabergite, atacamite, ciinotyrolite |  | | Book (volume) | | mi. E of Jackson-Banks Co. lineBeryl. MAYSVILLE, area gravels along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. ...States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE: area barite pitsBarite, Geodes... Goethite, Hematite, Limonite, Iron minerals; area mines, as important producersBarite, Manganese...EMERSON: extensive area depositsBarite, Graphite; US 41 bridge over the Etowah R., area Barite pitsBarite...pitsBarite, geodes (crystal lines). KINGSTON, S, in area fields, streams, rd. cuts, etc.agate, (banded, various |  | | 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 |  | | Report (volume) | | it helpful to refer to Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant, it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals of wide distribution...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products but because they furnish...working in pure white clay at Eureka V ALABAMA. 7 mine 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County...about 300 square miles; 20 beds, mostly of small area; mined at Coal City and Ragland. Coal (lignite) |  | | Journal (issue) | | Care! ARIZONA WULFENITE Down Deep in the Rowley Mine GEM GARNETS Popular for Centuries THE BALTIMORE...toxic. This 6 cm spray of needles is from the Herja mine (Baia Mare, Maramures), Romania. (Gerhard Brandstetter...in the Rowley................... 22 This Arizona mine is a specimen treasure trove Winter rockhounding...Notes New owners took possession of the Mary Ellen mine property on July 1, 2014 and no collecting is being...up or prices going up because dealers got into “mining” and specimen recovery which is spendy, so they |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation... CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite...Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and |  | | Book (volume) | | Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare alluvial Diamond. THEBES: c area gravel deposits...jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw formation... CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite...Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and |  | Eppinger, R.G., McHugh, J.B., Briggs, P.H., d'Angelo, W. M., Doughten, M.W., Fey, D.L., Hageman, P.L., Hopkins, R.T., Knight, R.J., Meier, A.L., Motooka, J.M., O'Leary, R. M., Roushey, B.H. (1995) Geochemical data for environmental studies at Nabesna and Kennecott, Alaska; water, leachates, stream-sediments, heavy-mineral-concentrates, and rocks. Open-File Report Vol. 1995 (95-645) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr95645a | Report (issue) | | Environmental Studies at Nabesna and Kennecott, Alaska: Water, Leachates, Stream-Sediments, Heavy-Mineral-Concentrates...INTRODUCTION GENERAL GEOLOGY, DEPOSIT SETTING, AND MINING HISTORY ........ 1 Nabesna ....................mines, Alaska .............. 2 Figure 2. Site locations for samples collected in the Nabesna mine area...area, Alaska. ..... 5 Figure 3. Detailed site locations for samples collected at the Nabesna mill, Alaska...locations for samples collected in the Kennecott mine area, Alaska. .... 7 11 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Elements |  | | Report (issue) | | occurs at two localities, the East Walker River area, and the Stalin's Present prospect, where it is...Monster mine, which shipped 5 tons of ore to Marysvale, Utah, during 1951; the Majuba Hill mine; the Stalin's...prospect; and the West Willys claim in the Washington district. No estimate has been made of thorium reserves...localities, because nine properties in the Washington district are shown as one locality.) Of these, 13 contained...torbernite-bearing rock; (2) the Green Monster mine in the Goodsprings district, Clark County, which shipped 5 tons |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | found in an area north of Ogilby (Imperial Co.), Calif. Also a blue cab from the same area. What is this...is quite scarce in pegmatites, especially in this area, however once in a while we run on to some in small...indicated on the accompanying map of the tektite area." Georgia Mineral Newsletter is pub- GOLDEN BERYL...Lovilla (Monroe Co.), Iowa. No. 2 was found at a strip mine west of Bussey (Marion Co.),Iowa. Would you please...major mineralogical interest. Anyone visiting the area should contact us for information (free) as to visiting |  | | Report (volume) | | ....................................... 102 District of Columbia ....................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...because they occur in sufficient quantity to warrant mining for their usual products, but because they furnish...STATES ALABAMA. H ing in pure white clay at Eureka mine, 4 miles northeast of Valley Head. Etowah County |  | | Book (edition) | | YEAR 1687"—DAVID T. DAY, CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF MINING STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...and consump tion, or better and cheaper means of mining, extraction, and convey ance to market, may in...correspondence has been carried on with geologists, mining engineers, and other local authorities, and various...row mines. Jefferson county; Horse Creek mines, Cordova, York, Coal valley, Day's gap, Patt-m, Coroua,...Fayette Court-house, Fayette county, and near Gold Mine in Marion county. These localities are at a distance |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | donated 3 interesting minerals from the Castle Dome District of Yuma Co., Ariz. The specimens are fluorite...pinkish rhodonite have been found in the Sunnyside mine at Silverton (San Juan Co.), Colo. CONNECTICUT—Richard..., sent us two items (one on the old lead-silver mine at Canton (Hartford Co.), Conn, and the other on...Reid, collected at the old Canton silver and lead mine. I recently visited the locality, for the first...smithsonite and a bit of chrysocolla and perhaps chalcanthite was noted." The second item, dated April 10 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chuquicamata, Chile 13. X-ray diffraction data for chalcanthite, Coquimbo, Chile 14. X-ray diffraction data...X-ray diffraction data for copiapite, Rammelsberg Mine, Harz, Germany 32. X-ray diffraction data for fibroferrite...johannite, Happy Jack Mine, Utah 36. X-ray diffraction data for zippeite, Happy Jack Mine, Utah 37. X-ray diffraction...spread in a thin layer on the Strontian Island, Lake Erie surface of a KBr disc, while e and g represent Barite—Orth—Ba(SO...Pisanite—Mon—(Fe, Cu) (SO4) • 7H2O Chuquicamata, Chile Chalcanthite—Tri—Cu(SO4) -5H2O Coquimbo, Chile Bieberite—Mon-Co(SO4) |
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