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Cassiterite from
Fairbanks Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fairbanks Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:580376
Long-form Identifier:1:3:580376:7
GUID (UUID V4):f72dc9f0-75c1-492a-a244-2270aa53a863
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
8.4km (5.2 miles) Fish Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) Fort Knox Gold Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Chatham Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Cleary Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
13.0km (8.1 miles) Bedrock Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
13.6km (8.4 miles) Willow Creek Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Twin Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
17.5km (10.9 miles) Little Eldorado Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - LG064), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - FB094), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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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
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OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE. By L. M. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. ...150 and paral­ lels 66 and 64. The Fairbanks gold-placer district is in the eastern part of this area...the Fairbanks district and during 1909 geologic investigations were carried north of the Fairbanks district...quad­ rangle, including the Fairbanks district and extensive areas to the north and west, is shown on the...sketch map (PL VI). From the presence of the Fairbanks district in the south­ eastern part of the area covered
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By THEODORE CHAPIN. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The mineral production of...of the Fairbanks district in 1917 included placer gold, valued at $1,310,000; lode gold, valued at $47...failures would doubtless have resulted. Quartz mining showed a slight increase, which in large part was...made small outputs. On the whole the gold quartz mining was insignificant. The production of antimony in...galena. GOLD LODES. FAIRBANKS CREEK. The Crites & Feldman mine and mill, on Moose Creek, a tributary of
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LODE MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By J. B. MEIITIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Gold lode mining in the Fairbanks...Fairbanks district continued in 1916, with a small production. The cost of power and supplies has increased...await the coming of the Government railroad to Fairbanks, the expectation being that this will effect a...lode mines, however, were operated in the Fairbanks district in 1916, producing gold valued at nearly...yearly production of lode gold and silver in the district since 1910, when the lodes were just beginning
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1918. By G. C. MAIM-IN AXD OTHERS. PREFACE. By G. C. MARTIX. This volume...of annual bulletins l treating of the mining industry of Alaska and summarizing the results achieved during...particular district should therefore procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon as-it...others of the series, contains an account of the mining industry, including statistics of mineral production...shall serve as" convenient reference works on the mining industry for the years which they cover. It is
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...flow, and fish populations. When the mine closed, Valdez Creek was diverted back to its original location...excavation work on Pit A-8 of Valdez Creek gold mine operated by Cambior Alaska Inc. as it appeared in early...early August 1994. From 1984 to 1995 Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14,279
Report (volume)
PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON.................................... Southeastern Alaska................................................................................... Southwestern Alaska............................................................................................ THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks.......................................... Auriferous lode mining...............................................
Report (issue)
RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon1, Thomas D. Light2, C....Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...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
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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...by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell...Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten of the last eleven years, and it is one of the largest
Report (issue)
RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 This report concerns work done on behalf...RECONNAISSANCE FOR-RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 By Helmuth W edow, Jr., P. L. Killeen, and... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairbanks district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Radioactivity studi'es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alaska. Highway belt ....... ~ ........... Geology .....River valleys-Con. Areas investigated-Continued Alaska. Highway belt-Continued Radioactivity studies-Continued
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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)
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)
HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...his report. Stream tin was first found on Buhner Creek, a tributary of Anikovik River, in 1900, and there...there has been some production of cassiterite. from placer operations in the York region since 1902. In...In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two dredges...River in 1914 for the recovery of both gold and cassiterite but were operated only during that and the following
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...-_-__-_____-_-_--___-__.--___ Pre-Cambrian rocks (Birch Creek schist)..___-_-----__--_.-__ Character- ___-_--...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...____________ Dome Creek and vicinity_____---_--____-_--__--__Little Eldorado Creek._.-_--_-_-_--.__-----__...__-----__._..Cleary Creek.______________________.___ Fairbanks Creek________-_____.__________________Goldstream
Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION. Eleven parties were engaged during 1917 in Alaska surveys and investigations. The length of the field...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...Government railroad. 3 4 MINERAL EESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. The following tables show the allotments
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)
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...zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY
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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)
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...GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described in some detail
Report (issue)
production of Alaska; of this amount over twothirds has been contributed by the Fairbanks district. The importance...commenced in 1898 by the mapping of the Fortymile district, has been carried on continuously since 1903,...and Goodrich, IT. B., Geology of Yukon gold district, Alaska : Eighteenth Ann. Kept. U. S. tfeol. Survey...are partly auriferous. The Fortymile, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, and Rampart districts have up to the present...that of Franklin Creek in the Fortymile district or the upper part of Deadwood Creek in the Birch BULLETIN
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)
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...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)
H. MANNING. Director I HE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915... BY SUMNER S. SMITH United States Mine Inspector for Alaska ENGINEERING \Y* WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...MINES H. MANNING. Director THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915... BY SUMNER S. SMITH United Stales Mine Inspector for Alaska WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1917 ...prohibits the CONTENTS. Page. Introduction New gold-mining districts Mineral production Placer gold Lode gold
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MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1926 By PHILIP S. SMITH* INTRODUCTION Records of what has been done in...The investigations of the imineral resources of Alaska which the Geological Survey has been [carrying...755, 773, 783, and 792. 2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1926 generously put at the disposal of the Geological...obtained from other sources. Many of the important Alaska newspapers are courteously sent toj the Geological...year] sends to each person known to be operating a mine or prospect sched-J ules on .which are queries to
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NOTES ON MINING IN SEWARD PENINSULA. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. No party from the Geological...During that time he obtained some notes on the mining industry, and these, supplemented by reports in...the amount of winter mining; second, a general decrease in the number of mining operations except dredging;...development of the ancient beaches at Nome winter mining was important, for labor was cheap, the physical...sluicing in the summer) and consequently this form of mining has decreased. It is estimated that the winter
 
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