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Arsenopyrite from
Last Chance Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Last Chance Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:584145
Long-form Identifier:1:3:584145:5
GUID (UUID V4):28f9f52f-0648-465c-bcb0-15f7d8da874d
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Mohawk Mine (Bondholder claim; Bondholder Extension claim; Peg Leg claim; Yellow Jacket claim; Mohawk No. 2 claim; Mohawk No. 3 claim; Liberty claim; Spite Fraction claim), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Prometheus Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Billy Sunday Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Clipper; Lounsbury Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) Ryan Lode Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) St. Paul; McCann; Thomas; Mickley and Hagel Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.5km (1.0 miles) Irishman Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Grant Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) McDonald Mine (Morton; Blue Bird; Blue Bird Fraction; Combination Mine), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
2.8km (1.7 miles) Vuyovich Mine (ARDF - FB019), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-819 PART A SUMMARIES...mineral occurrences in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral...construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819...Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...described in Part A the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference that has the occurrence plotted
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 144' 147' Distribution of mineral occurrences...occurrences in the Big Delta 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...Rombach Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys 794 University Ave., Suite 200 Fairbanks, AK...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 99-354 Alaska Resource Data File BD001 Site name(s): Banner
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...__-----__._..Cleary Creek.______________________.___ Fairbanks Creek________-_____.__________________Goldstream..._-__________-__-___-.__-_______ Future of lode mining.____________________________________________ Index...ILLUSTRATIONS ,:,.. Page PLATE 3. Map of the Fairbanks district, Alaska, showing geology, claims, ditches, and
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...present include pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and arsenopyrite (Berger, 1986). These minerals plus others are...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent...Australia, and Malcom (1912) in Nova Scotia. Arsenopyrite was considered to be second in abundance in... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills
Report (issue)
nes, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 6 I50" ctf o3 S _ --1.G184 LG1B6 ctf LG030...occurrences in the Livengood 1:250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...(907) 786-7424. This compilation is authored by: Alaska 03 'B- ' ** o £2 0) j 1 Q o C/5 14- ...^! Curtis J. Freeman and Janet Schaefer Fairbanks, Alaska C^ '*s*^__^r*&*'' Location of map ar«a In...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...most part undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but...been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these were more in the nature...development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the semiprecious and base metals, however...published later. GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 649 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF ALASKA BY ALFRED H. BROOKS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................................................. Mining developments and production............................................. 1............... Fairbanks district. .............................................................................. Fredericks mine.......................................... Spaulding......... Eldorado Creek Mining Co ................................ Newsboy mine.......................
Report (issue)
U.S. Geological Survey, along with prices of the last offerings, are given in the current-year issues...Riverside Ave.. • ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Rm. 101, 4230 University Dr. • ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Federal Bldg, Rm. E-146...25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from Alaska Distribution Section, U.S. Geological...New Federal Building - Box 12 101 Twelfth Ave., Fairbanks, AK 99701 Maps Maps may be purchased over the...Distribution, Bldg. 810, Federal Center • FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. Chapter
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AND VICINITY KANTISMA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY FRANCIS G. WELLS Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...___________-______-__.__-...._-_..____..__ History of mining.____________________________________________ Character...and Silver Wire._________________________________ North Star___-_-_--_--_-___-_--_--___-----_-__--.._-_...Geologic map of Eureka and vicinity, Kantishna district. _ In pocket 29. Sketch map of lode claims in...FIGURE 1. Index map showing areas investigated in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931--_---_------------------------------------viz
Report (issue)
Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top left: From late 199] to 1993 Cambior Alaska Inc. constructed...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...August 1994. From 1984 to 1995 Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14,279 kilograms)
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--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...antimony and molybdenum- - - - - - 29 Willow Creek district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The occurrence of auriferous quartz veins...until recently quartz mining has received relatively little attention. In the last four or :five yea.rs...opened. 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the production...In 1913 the writer spent a few days in the Fairbanks district to study the occurrence of lodes and to gather...a. measure reflects the progress made in quartz mining, which showed a marked advancement, particularly
Report (issue)
THE PEDRO DOME - CLEARY SUMMIT AREA, FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA D. B. B. M. C. Pilkington Forbes Hawkins...14-08-0001-10910 H. R. D. R. R. University of Alaska College, Alaska 1969 This report is preliminary and has...Gold content of vein in the divide area between Fairbanks Creek and Wolf Creek............................Gold content of vein in the divide area between Fairbanks Creek and Wolf Creek............................Summit.., Gold content of vein at Antimony Ridge mine, Murphy Dome Road area.........................
Report (issue)
given to the mining of stibnite-bearing lodes, but it soon subsided. The Big Hurrah quartz mine is the only...and this mine was operated only from 1903 to 1908 and then not continuously. Within the last few years...underground work has been done at the Lost River tin mine, the Kougarok silver-lead property, and the gold...deposits, Alaska: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. (in preparation). 163 164 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1920...Preliminary report on the Cape Nome gold region, Alaska, with maps and illustrations, by F. C. Schrader
Report (issue)
region discussed in this report lies on the north side of the Alaska Range and includes portions of the basins...64° 15' north latitude. Figure 7 shows the relation of this area to surrounding portions of Alaska. The...United States Geological Survey parties reached the Alaska Range. One of these parties, conducted by George...ascended to the head of Skwentna River, crossed the Alaska Range, and descended the Kuskokwim. Thus some of...Inlet to the head of the Skwentna, crossed the Alaska Range, and traversed the northwest flank of the
Report (issue)
Yukon and Tanana rivers to Lake Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31...1-77, maps, 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of...drainage lines. The plains border the uplands on the north, east, and south, extend broadly into the principal...trend and lies very close to the course of the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. The northeasterly trend
Report (issue)
Development Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top: Ryan Lode Mine gold recovery plant and...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...spring containing iron-rich filamentous algae on the North Fork of the Fortymile River. This is part of a multi-year...on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. The inevitable depletion of easily mined...mined placer deposits near Fairbanks and the consequent availability of both men and money for other enterprises...productive mines. The writer visited the lode-mining district late in the open season of 1912 to study the...investigations here recorded were devoted exclusively to mining developments. The writer is under deep obligations...expressed to the various mine owners, operators, and residents of the Fairbanks region. Although specific
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION TRAVERSED BY THE ALASKA RAILROAD. By STEPHEN R. CAPPS. INTRODUCTION. ...bridge across Tanana Kiver, in March, 1923, the Alaska Railroad, begun in 1915, was opened for direct...Seward, on the Pacific coast, and Fairbanks, in the heart of central Alaska, a distance of 468 miles (fig...showing location of the region traversed by the Alaska Railroad. the construction of a railroad of this...boat service with the railroad at Nenana and Fairbanks, and the time and expense required in transporting
Report (issue)
RIVER, ATLIN, AND PART OF THE SKAGWAY QUADRANGLES, ALASKA BY D. EDWARD WELLS 1 , TOM L. PITTMAN2 , DAVID...Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025; Present address 89861 Alaska Park, CA 94025 1986 MAP AND DESCRIPTION OF THE...RIVER, ATLIN, AND PART OF THE SKAGWAY QUADRANGLES, ALASKA By D. Edward Wells, Tom L. Pittman, David A. Brew...pertaining to mines, prospects, mineral occurrences, and mining claims in the Atlin, Juneau, Taku River, and part... prospect, or a claim block. Where prospects or mine workings cover a relatively large area the range
Report (issue)
developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...placer gold mine operations on the Eureka and Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern...northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces (1,286 grams) and is unofficially the tenth largest...placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten...ten of the last eleven years, and it is one of the largest placer gold operations in the world. In 1994
Report (issue)
GOLDBEARING SAMPLES FROM THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Thomas D. Light1 and Gregory K. Lee2 Open-File...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Government. 1 2 USGS, 4200 University Dr., Anchorage, Alaska 99508 USGS, Box 25046, Lakewood, Colorado 80225...GOLDBEARING SAMPLES FROM THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Thomas D. Light and Gregory K. Lee INTRODUCTION...studies in the Livengood 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska, from 1986 to 1988, to define the mineral resource
Report (volume)
THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT...AND F. J. KATZ AND AN ACCOUNT OF LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS BY PHILIP S. SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...BROOKS_________________________ GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, by L. M. PKINDLE ________________...the Yukon-Tanana region 17 Geography of the Fairbanks quadrangle _ _ _ _ _______ 18 Position and...__________________________ Tanana lowland _ ____ , Upland north of the Tanana.._______________ Yukon Flats_____
Report (issue)
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 -------...---Socorro County -----------------------------North Carolina ---------------------------------Burke
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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...the volume on Alaskan geology for the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) by the Geological Society...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
 
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