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Gold from
Ophir Creek Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ophir Creek Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:587026
Long-form Identifier:1:3:587026:4
GUID (UUID V4):f8f07603-68bb-458b-98cd-84969d42c4d0
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
1.5km (0.9 miles) Anvil Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) Victor Gulch; Victor Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
2.5km (1.5 miles) Dodge Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.3km (2.0 miles) Tamarack Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Spruce Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Innoko River Prospect, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Ganes Creek Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Little Creek; Gold Run; Discovery; Bonanza; No. 6 Pup Mines, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.7km (6.1 miles) Bedrock Gulch Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) Ester Creek Mine, Innoko Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (volume)
IMOKO GOLD-PLACER DISTRICT ALASKA WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM YALLEY AND THE RUBY CREEK AND...AND GOLD HILL PLACERS BT A. G. MADDREN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1910 CONTENTS. Preface................................................. Innoko Valley............................................................................. Discovery of gold.....!........................................................................................... Yukon River..........................................
Report (issue)
THE FAIRBANKS GOLD PLACER REGION. By L. M. PRINDLE and F. J. KATZ. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. The Fairbanks...during the year approximately $9,200,000 in placer gold. The importance of the region and the demand for...region led to the mapping of the most productive area by the Geological Survey in the field season of...special map. The area covered by this map lies in about the central part of Alaska. It is about 35 miles...party that was engaged in studying the geology and mining developments. The results of this work will be
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACERS OF THE RUBY DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT. The chief...settlement of the Ruby district is Ruby, situated on the south bank of Yukon River opposite the mouth...of Melozitna River. The principal placer mines of the district are about 25 miles south of Ruby on a number...belong to the Nowitna River system. The area that includes the mines is small, but auriferous gravels have...in the surrounding territory extending from the Yukon southward 50 miles or more, with a width somewhat
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 754 THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. ' AND G. L. HARRINGTON...Local details____ ___________ Yukon River______ _________ Poorman Creek _____ Nowitna and Susulatna valleys...rocks Continued. Local details Continued. Page. Innoko district__________________________ 30 Takotna and...fish____ _ Other mining factors __________________________ Gold placers _ _ _ Ruby district _______________________________..._______________________________ History of mining ______________________ General character of placers________________
Report (issue)
MINING IN NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. By S. H. CATHCART. INTRODUCTION. The season of 1918 was the most unfavorable...unfavorable for placer mining that the Seward Peninsula has experienced. Several factors combine to account...Solomon Eiver district frost as deep as 10 feet was reported, and in the Council City district frost was...the demand for no overtime, and consequently most mines were short-h'anded or employed inefficient help... fuel, and foodstuffs was felt severely in all mining operations. It is estimated that the cost of production
Report (volume)
Brooks.................................... 5 The mining industry in 1908, by Alfred H. Brooks............peat fuel in Alaska, by C. A. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Mining in southeastern...southeastern Alaska, by C. ,V. Wright............................. 67 Copper mining and prospecting on Prince... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Gold on Prince William Sound, by U.S. Grant............resources of southwestern Alaska, by W. W. Atwood.................. 108 Mining in the· Kotsina, Chitina
Report (volume)
FINENESS OF GOLD FROM ALASKA PLACERS BY PHILIP S. SMITH Mineral resources of Alaska, 1937 (Pages 147-272)...fineness______________________-_____Metals other than gold in bullion from Alaska placers________ Descriptions of regions...fineness of placer gold Southeastern Alaska region__________________________ Juneau district ____________________...Slate Creek area__________________________ Middle Fork area___________________________ Rainy Creek area___...district_________________________________ Nelchimi district ______________________________ Cook Inlet-Snsitna
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. This...of annual bulletins 1 treating of the mining industry of Alaska and summarizing the results achieved during...particular district are therefore urged to procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon...the year and summaries of the condition of the mining industry, including statistics of mineral production...the mining industry for the years which they cover. Lack of funds prevents a visit to every mining district
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIRECTOR 578 THE ^ IDITAROD-RUBY REGION ALASKA BY HENRY M. EAKIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...................... Other conditions affecting mining............... .«........................ General... Iditarod district........................................................ Innoko district..................................................... Ruby district..................................................................................... Iditarod district..............................................
Report (issue)
RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages 115-245)...________-___ Ruby district._______-___-____--._-_--.-__---_--__._______ Ruby area.______-_____--_---...area____-______.__--_-___--__-_-___-_________ 145 Long Creek and Bear Gulch..____________________ Fifth of July...______________________ Greenstone Creek.._______._________._._-_._.___._ Monument Creek.______________________________...Meketchum Creek._______________________________ Trail Creek____.________________________ Flint Creek and tributaries
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACER MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INNOKO-IDITAROD REGION. By A. G. MADDREN. INTRODUCTION. Although...of the pioneer American prospectors of interior Alaska are known to have entered and passed through parts...are said to have visited the Innoko Valley as early as 1898, placer gold in paying quantities was not...this part of Alaska until 1906. In the summer of that year gold was found on Ganes Creek, one of the principal...principal headwaters of Innoko River, and since then a placer camp, with an average population of 150
Report (issue)
INVESTIGATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1909. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. ADMINISTRATIVE...bulletin in which both the conditions of the mining industry of Alaska and the more important economic results...of reference for those who are interested in the mining and mineral resources of the Territory, None of...development of the mining industry. The rapid progress in prospecting and mining in Alaska makes it necessary...be at fault. Those interested in any particular district are, therefore, advised to obtain the complete
Report (issue)
the National Park Service, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of...of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public Law...National Park Service Cordell Roy U.S. Bureau of Mines Steven Fechner U.S. Geological Survey Kehdell Dickinson...National Recreation Area, subject of a mineral resource assessment by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Geological...Geological Survey, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Photograph by M.D. Balen
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, DIKECTOB 4:4:2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1909 ...The mining industry in 1909, by Alfred H. Brooks........................... Page. 5 20 Alaska coal...Charles A. Davis................ 101 Mining in southeastern Alaska, by Adolph Knopf......................reconnaissance in southeastern Alaska, by John C. Hoyt. Mining in the Chitina district, by Fred H. Moffit............................... Mining and prospecting on Prince William Sound, in 1909, by U. S. Grant....
Report (issue)
CLARK-IDITAROD REGION. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. The area described in this report has for convenience been...270) shows the relation of this area to the southwestern part of Alaska. Different parts of this region...and is preparing a report of his observations. The area lying between the settlement of Iditarod on the...writer while 1 Maddren, A. G., Gold placer mining developments In the Innoko-Idltarod region: U. S. Geol...geologic reconnaissance of the Illamna region, Alaska: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 485, 138 pp., 1912. Eakln
Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION. Eleven parties were engaged during 1917 in Alaska surveys and investigations. The length of the field...results of which can not be expressed in terms of area. About 1,050 square miles was covered by reconnaissance...Service, stream gaging was continued in southeastern Alaska. In 1917 the entrance of the United States into...the construction of the Government railroad in Alaska gave more than ordinary importance to the collection...geographically, two parties worked in southeastern Alaska, two on Prince William Sound, and one in the region
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The occurrence of auriferous quartz veins...for a number of years, but until recently quartz mining has received relatively little attention. In the...ken in lode prospecting. A number of producing mines are in operation and many prospects are now being... 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the production was...produced in 1912. The estimate of the value of the gold-lode production in 1913, based on incomplete returns
Report (issue)
RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon1, Thomas D. Light2, C....Virginia 22092 Anchorage, Alaska Menlo Park, California 94025 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 Denver, Colorado ...RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon, Thomas D. Light, C. Dean...1997 INTRODUCTION This report, as part of the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP), assesses...resources of the Livengood 1° by 3° quadrangle, Alaska, on the basis of deposit types judged to be permissive
Report (issue)
forth is unnecessary. In trying to cover so large an area as the southern part of Seward Peninsula, the writer...of gold was won, to the end of the open season of 1908. a Brooks, A. H., Placer mining in Alaska: Bull... Survey No. 259,1905, pp. 19-24. Moffit, F. H., Gold mining.in Seward Peninsula: Bull. No. 284,190G,...region: Bull. No. 314,1907, pp. 126-144. Smith, P. S., Gold fields of the Solomon and Niukluk River basins:...Smith, P. S., Geology and mineral resources of Iron Creek: Idem, pp. 157-103. Brooks, A. H., The Kougarok
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR THE GOLD PLACERS OF PARTS OF SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA INCLUDING THE NOME, COUNCIL...H. BROOKS__________________ DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY, BY ALFRED H. BROOKS_____ Foreword __...13 J9 24 28 Growth of mining from 1902 to 1904___________________ 31 Mining developments in 1905-6_...classification of placers___________________ 114 Gold in bed rock_______________________________ 116 ...mineralization________._______________ 124 Separation of gold from bed rock_____________________ 125 Transportation
Report (issue)
the White Mountains National Recreation Area, East-central Alaska Edited by 1 O Florence R. Weber , Richard...analyses and norms of selected samples from the Roy Creek prospect ................................... Fossil...the Roy Creek prospect ...................... U-Th-REE minerals identified in the Roy Creek prospect...the White Mountains National Recreation Area (WMNRA), Alaska, has been prepared for the U.S. Bureau of...the 1988 deadline for land-use decisions for this area. Geologic, geochemical, and geophysical data have
Report (issue)
MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE SOLOMON QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-181 PART A ...mineral occurrences in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska (Gobb, E. H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral...construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-181...the report or map. Abbreviations used are: AOF Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Bulletin BMB U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin G U.S. Geological Survey Circular GC Alaska Division of Geological
Report (issue)
GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN ALASKA by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1986 /_, ·. ~~~~----------~~~~-----~~...27. Bottom left: Dramatic ash plume over Homer, Alaska, resulted from last large explosion of March eruptive...north side of cone April 27. GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN ALASKA by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1986 Thomas...INTEREST The 1986 eruptions of Augustine Volcano, Alaska: hazards and effects M. Elizabeth Yount, Thomas...Miller, and Bruce M. Gamble 4 STATEWIDE Status of Alaska Mineral Resources Data System Kenneth R. Leonard
Report (issue)
Environmental and Hydrogeologic Conditions at Yakutat, Alaska By Walter F. Holmes and Joseph M. Dorava U.S....the FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage, Alaska 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT...Copies of this report may be purchased from: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey 4230 University Drive...1-3. Maps showing: 1. Location of Yakutat study area....................................... 2. Location...Yakutat, Alaska by Walter R Holmes and Joseph M. Dorava Abstract The remote village of Yakutat Alaska has
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GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN ALASKA by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1987 U.S. Geological Survey Circular...Photograph by L.R. Mayo. Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1987 JOHN...Closure of Russell Fiord, Alaska--Environmental Effects and Hazards in the Yakutat Area Lawrence R. Mayo 4 NORTHERN...NORTHERN ALASKA A Major Unconformity Between Upper Ordovician and Lower Devonian Strata in the Nanook...EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA A Late Silurian Age Determination for the Limestone of the Lost Creek Unit, Livengood
 
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