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Pyrite from
Moonshine Mine, Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Moonshine Mine, Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:585945
Long-form Identifier:1:3:585945:0
GUID (UUID V4):16096a2e-23b1-4a78-9061-43ad18de8ebf
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Fortune Mine, Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Jumbo Prospect, Paul Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Chicago Kid & New Era prospects, Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) Matilda & House prospects, Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Boston Prospects, Paul Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) Alpha prospect, Dolomi Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Golden Fleece Mine, James Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Salmon Prospect, Paul Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Paul; Jessie; James Prospects, Paul Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Valpariso Mine, Paul Lake, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BTJXILETESr...BTJXILETESr 347 THE AND WRANGELL MINING DISTRICTS, ALASKA BY FRED EUGENE WRIGHT AND CHARLES WILL WRIGHT WASHINGTON...History of mining developments- ____________!__________ 9 11 11 12 13 14 16 Ketchikan mining district______...AVraugell mining district __ _________________________ IS Production _ __ 19 Geographic sketch of southeastern...southeastern Alaska__________________ 21 Geography of the Ketchikan and Wruugell districts __ _____ 22 General
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Survey of the Craig Study AreaCraig and Dixon. Entrance Quadrangles and the • Western Edges of the Ketchikan...Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, Southeast Alaska Cover. The Research Vessel Don J. Miller II...supported fieldwork by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska from 1969 to 1985. It was beloved by the many who...camp mostly in southeast Alaska but also in Prince William Sound, the Alaska Peninsula, and as far afield...afield as St. Matthews Island in the Bering Sea. It was named for the eminent Alaska geologist who drowned
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LODE MINING IN THE KETCHIKAN REGION. By PllILIP S. S::urra. INTRODUCTION. Du.ring the investigation...investigation of the stratigraphy of part of the Ketchi­ kan r egion from May 15 to July 26, 1913, almost all the...the mines and important prospects of gold and copper were visited. The data then acquired fol"m the basis...report on the conditions of mining in 1913. Det-ailed descriptions of many of the mines ha.ve been given...previous reports of the Survey and have not been repeated here. For a. complete description of the earlier
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LODE MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, 1907. By CHAKLES W. WEIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The mining industry in...in southeastern Alaska has not advanced materially during the last year, and the total metal production...unfavorable conditions of labor and transportation and the fall in the market value of copper. These adverse...affected the mining interests not only of southeastern Alaska, but likewise of many of the Western States...discussion is given of the general geology of southeastern Alaska and the distribution of the ore deposits
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MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. A considerable advance...lode mining was made in southeastern Alaska in 1915. The development consisted in the opening up of large...large bodies of gold-bearing ore, in the installation of mining machinery and power-developing plants for...and in the resumption of operations in a number of copper mines. This revival of activity was felt throughout...throughout the region extending from Ketchikan to Berners Bay. Juneau, which has long ranked as an important
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY George Otia Smith. Director...Director m 800 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY A. F. BUDDINGTON AND THEODORE CHAPIN... ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAT BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS U. 8. GOVERNMENT..._______________ Scope of report ___.__-_-____-__________-_--__-___-_________ Nature of the field work ____...____ ______________________________ Responsibility of authorship... ______________________________ Acknowledgments
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Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska By HENRY C. BERG and EDWARD H. COBB . G E O L O G I C A L S...L E T I N 1246 A n inventory of the mines and )- grosfiects of Alaska and their ' f geologic settings...OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1967 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. GS 67-279 For o l e by the Superintendent of Documents. U...-----------------------------1 Purpose and scope of report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By CHARLES W. WEIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The year 1908 has marked but little...advance in the mining industry of southeastern Alaska as compared with previous years. At some of the gold...gold mines in the Juneau district the Treadwell group and the Perseverance and Eagle River mines a substantial...substantial gain was made and extensive mining and water-power projects have been undertaken which promise...mines of the Ketchikan district, on the other hand, have suffered a considerable setback because of the
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LODE MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By CHARLES W. WRIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The results of the developments...the lode mines of southeastern Alaska during the year have been encouraging. Many of the prospects have...output. The Ketchikan district, the most active in these advances, is now an established mining center. In...In the Juneau district considerable progress has been made, though much looked-for development did not...not materialize. Mining interest in the Sitka district was renewed by the discoveries and successful explorations
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in Alaska, 2005 U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1732–E Oceanic Pb-Isotopic Sources of Proterozoic...Massive Sulfide Deposits on Prince of Wales Island and Vicinity, Southeastern Alaska By Robert A. Ayuso, Susan...sulfide (VMS) deposits on Prince of Wales Island and vicinity in southeastern Alaska are associated with Late...volcanosedimentary rocks of the Wales Group and with Ordovician through Early Silurian felsic volcanic rocks of the Moira...informal name). The massive sulfide deposits in the Wales Group include the Big Harbor, Copper City, Corbin
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis...metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska Henry C. Berg* Open-File Report 84-572 This report...standards and stratiaraphic nomenclature. 1 Anchorage, Alaska 1984 CONTENTS Page Abstract.................................................... 7 Organization of report................................................................................... 9 Summary of results.........................................
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United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey TABLE DESCRIBING METALLIFEROUS AND SELECTED...NONMETALLIFERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE KETCHIKAN AND PRINCE RUPERT QUADRANGLES, ALASKA TO ACCOMPANY OPEN-FILE REPORT...NONMETALLIFERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE KETCHIKAN AND PRINCE RUPERT QUADRANGLES, ALASKA (To accompany open-file map...occurrences of metallic and some nonmetallic mineral commodities in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles...quadrangles of southeastern Alaska. The table and accompanying map are part of a multidisciplinary mineral
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY Henry...Descriptions of metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in southeastern Alaska........................................................ 41 Ketchikan quadrangle............................................................................... 93 Prince Rupert quadrangle...................................... 128 METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By Henry C. Berg, John E. Decker, and
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science fora changing world Ketchikan quadrangle Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the...Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data...as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 132" 56"f...Distribution of mineral occurrences in the Ketchikan 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, southeastern Alaska This and...with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive
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MINING IN SOUTHEASTERS- ALASKA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. » INTRODUCTION. Southeastern Alaska has long held...the production of low-grade gold ore, a position due in the past mainly to the output of the Treadwell...Treadwell group of mines on Douglas Island. These mines are operating on a mineralized dike of albite diorite...diorite a type of ore body of which this is so far the only one exploited in the region. On the mainland there...exist behind the town of Juneau enormous bodies of low-grade ore, consisting of slate irregularly cut
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FEATURES OF ALASKAN METALLIFEROUS LODES. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. INTRODUCTION. Thirteen years of systematic...investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska by the Geological Survey has yielded a large amount of information...information relating to the geology of the mineral deposits. This has been used for the most part only in...in the descriptions and discussions of the economic geology of the individual districts about which reports...has been paid to the relation of the mineral deposits of different parts of the Territory to one another
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Index of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits of Alaska Compiled From Published Reports of Federal...OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL; Secretary GEOLOGICAL...1916Index of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska, compiled from published reports of Federal...cm. (U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1139) "List of reports cited": p. 345-363. 1. Mines and mineral...resources Indexes. 2. Mines' and mineral resources Alaska. I. Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-, rjoint author
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Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS K. BUNDTZEN, HENRY...U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1786 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL HODEL, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Federal Center, Box 25425 Denver, CO 80225 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Significant...placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786 Bibliography Supt. of Docs. No.: 119.3:1786...3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series. QE7S.B9
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNDISCOVERED LOCATABLE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE TONGASS...NATIONAL FOREST AND ADJACENT LANDS, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By David A. Brew U.S. Geological Survey, MS 904...with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive...8 Regional geology 11 Methods 16 Explanation of tables 19 Past mineral-resource production 22...25 Appendix 1. Lists of reference materials pertinent to southeastern Alaska as a whole and to the individual
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a frank to return it 1 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...Director Bulletin 813 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1928 BY PHILIP...Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - Price 40 cents CONTENTS . Mineral industry of Alaska in...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..________________
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COSNA-NOWITNA REGION. By HENRY M. EAKDST. INTRODUCTION. The area here called the Cosna-Nowitna region extends southward...Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude of Cosna on the east to Nowitna...fig. 14.) Prior to 1915 the topography and geology of this region were practically unknown except its eastern...had been' FIGURE 14. Index map showing location of Cosna-Nowitna region. traversed by Herron.1 Few...importance. In the summer of 1915 a small Geological Survey party in charge of the writer made a rapid
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Metallogeny and Major Mineral Deposits of Alaska by 1 Thomas...standards and stratigraphic nomenclature. Any use of trade names is for descriptive purposes only and...by the U.S.G.S. ' U.S. Geological Survey ^ Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys * 115...preliminary version of a chapter for the volume on Alaskan geology for the Decade of North American Geology...Geology (DNAG) by the Geological Society of America. This report is based on recent unpublished data on
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THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1921. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. GENERAL FEATURES. The value of the total mineral...production of Alaska in 1920 was $23,303,757; the value in 1921 was $17,004,124. Yet in spite of this tremendous...tremendous falling off, the mining industry as a whole can be said to have been more prosperous in 1921...is due to the low price of copper, and no advance of the Alaska copper-mining industry can be expected...the metal. Coal mining shows some growth, though it remains to be proved that Alaska high-grade coal
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ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1922. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and S. R. CAPPS. GENERAL SITUATION. The value of the...the total annual mineral production of Alaska increased from $17,004,124 in 1921 to $19,506,365 in 1922...copper output from a few mines, the prosperity of the mining industry as a whole was very evident. The rather...regard to the present and future prosperity of the Alaska mining industry is not hard to understand. Dazzled...prosperous days of bonanza placer mining, the public has failed to mark the steady advance of other and more
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MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1912. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. f~...ninth of a series of bulletins 1 published annually, treating of the progress of mining in Alaska and summarizing...investigations of the mineral resources of the Territory. In these reports the aim is prompt publication of the...the most important economic results of the year. The short time available for their preparation does not...permit thorough office study of the notes and specimens. Hence some of the statements made may be subject
 
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