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Quartz from
Golden Zone Mine, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Golden Zone Mine, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:581406
Long-form Identifier:1:3:581406:0
GUID (UUID V4):d8bd0285-92f6-4676-8ed8-47f553f6194a
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) β“˜Little Vein; Little Lead Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
0.2km (0.1 miles) β“˜BLT Prospects, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) β“˜East Vein Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) β“˜Mayflower Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) β“˜Lindfors Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) β“˜Bunkhouse Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) β“˜Lupin Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) β“˜Silverdikes Occurrence, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
2.0km (1.3 miles) β“˜Copper King; Hector Group Prospect, Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) β“˜Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HE048; upper Blind Creek area), Valdez Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USA
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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...Pacific coast, and Fairbanks, in the heart of central Alaska, a distance of 468 miles (fig. 1). Rarely has ...showing location of the region traversed by the Alaska Railroad. the construction of a railroad of this...in transporting pas73 74 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1922. sengers and freight to the basins of these
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Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 907 GEOLOGY OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD REGION BY STEPHEN R. CAPPS UNITED STATES..._-._.. Cook Inlet-Susitna lowland.-----_----__--_---.-_---_-,-_-__ Copper-Susitna lowland._------------..._------------..___-..._.--_.-.-.-._ Alaska Range.______.___------__----_-_-__--_-_-__________ Tanana-Kuskokwim..._-_-_-.-_-_.--.------------__-------._--_..-._ The Alaska Railroad.__.____.___-_-______.______-__.___.._...history of the Talkeetna region._____________________ Alaska Range._______________ _________________________________
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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...since 1902. In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two...following season. A second dredge was installed on Buck Creek in 1915 and has worked each summer since that date...hull in 1916 and installed on a dredge on Swanson Creek, a tributary of Agiapuk Eiver. The hull was carried
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GOLD LODE MINING IN THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT. By STEPHEN R. CAPPS. INTRODUCTION. Gold mining in the Willow...Willow Creek district in 1917 was confined to the exploitation of the quartz lodes, from which almost...gold recovered from this area was gained by placer mining, the workable placers were soon exhausted, and...mines. Two of these mines, the Gold Bullion and the Alaska Free Gold, have been in operation for many years...produced the bulk of the output of the district. The Independence mine, which has for years been a producer
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Director Β°\ Bulletin 880 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1935 ...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1935, by P. S. Smith (published in March 1937)...in January 1938). Ill (D) The Eska Creek coal deposits, Matanuska Valley, by Ralph Tuck (published in...publications on Alaska..___0n back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATB 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas...covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska.._-______----___________ In pocket 2. Reconnaissance
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Department of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Riverside Ave.. β€’ ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Rm. 101, 4230 University Dr. β€’ ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Federal Bldg, Rm. E-146...Center, Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from Abtska Distribution Section...β€’ FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. 1990 Annual Report on Alaskaβ€’s Mineral Resources...Department of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Ad, Public
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1989 Annual Report on Alaska 1s Mineral Resources U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1040 '> \ ..... ...Department of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public... Frontispiece. The Boundary Creek area of the Juneau gold mining district, a region of interest to both...Photograph by A. Clough. 1989 Annual Report on Alaska 1s Mineral Resources JILL L. SCHNEIDER, Editor...Department of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public
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developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...later than the enclosing rocks) textures in the quartz-sulfide stockwork of the Johnson River deposit...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...(Photo by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell
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Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...activity in precious metals β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’.β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’ Placer mining for precious metals..................................................... 6. Status of Level III Alaska Mineral Resources Assessment Progrmn studies, January...Tin, tantalum, and (or) niobium occurrences in Alaska β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’β€’ 8. Areas of important industry
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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...marks ore zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological
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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...A n inventory of the mines and )- grosfiects of Alaska and their ' f geologic settings UNITED STATES...acknowledgments--- - - - - - ----- - - - -- - -- 4 Alaska Peninsula region- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Cook Inlet-Susitna River region- - - - - - - - - - - _ --- - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Director Bulletin 933 4 * MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN PAPERS...industry of Alaska in 1940, by Philip S. Smith (B) Geology of the Nutzotin Mountains, Alaska .: _ __ (C)...at the Independence mine, Alaska : _ (D) Reconnaissance of Porcupine Valley, Alaska ) . 1 103 201 219...PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska _ __ _ 1 In...sedimentary members of the Permian rocks on Baultoff Creek, about 4 miles southeast of the pass to East Fo
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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
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1984 Annual Report on Alaska 1 S Mineral Resources U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 940 ~Β·. Prepared...of Energy As mandated by Section 70 7 7 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...(illustrator) John Mulligan, Bureau of Mines Thomas Pike, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Katherine Reed...U.S. Geological Survey 1984 Annua I Report on Alaska 1 S Mineral Resources U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public
Report (issue)
Director j-\ II Bulletin 849 INVESTIGATIONS IN ALASKA RAILROAD BELT, 1931 BY PHILIP S. SMITH AND OTHERS...__ Progress of surveys in the Anthracite Ridge district, by R. W. Richards and G. A. Waring._________________...the Fairbanks district, by J. M. Hill____________ The Willow Creek gold lode district, by J. C. Ray_____________...Ray_____________ The Mount Eielson district, by J. C. Reed__________________ Mineral deposits near the West...Eureka and vicinity, Kantishna district, by F. G. Wells_ The Girdwood district, by C. F. Park, Jr____________________
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separate publication ) (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1936, by P. S. Smith (published in March 1938)...--_----------------------------------------_1 (B) 'The Valdez Creek mining district in 1936, by Ralph Tuck (published in...publications on Alaska. _ _ _ _ _ On back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas...and maps of Alaska.___________________________ In pocket 2. Sketch map of Fortymile district, showing location...gold placer-mining operations.____--__-__-______-_-__--_---_160 3. Sketch map of Eagle district, showing
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 917 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1938 PAPERS...advance publication:] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938, by Philip S. Smith...-_._.__-_. (B) Geology...Geology of the upper Tetling River district, Alaska, by Fred H. Moffit____-._---...I-..-..---.-....--...production from Alaska, by Philip S. Smith._________ (D) Tertiary deposits of the Eagle-Circle district, Alaska...PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska._________________________
Report (volume)
Mcndenhall, Director Bulletin 926 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1939 PAPERS...industry of Alaska in 1939, by Philip S. Smith_____ .._._. (B) Geology of the Gerstle River district, Alaska...molybdenum minerals in Alaska, by Philip S. Smith.._ (D) Geology of the Portage Pass area, Alaska, by F. F. Barnes...107 161 211 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE Page 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports...Topographic reconnaissance map of the Gerstle River district, Alaska _ _______________ _____l_______-_-__________
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QuadraQgle, Alaska Interpretation of Reconnaissance Geochemical Data from the Healy Quadrangle, Alaska By THOMAS...reconnaissance geochemical data from the Healy quadrangle, Alaska I by Thomas D. Ught, Richard B. Tripp, and Harley...no.: I 19.3:1894 1. Geology-Alaska-Healy Region. 2. Geochemistry-Alaska-Healy Region. I. Tripp, A. B...of geochemical data from the Healy quadrangle, Alaska. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Regional geologic setting...Big Grizzly Creek area 9 Tertiary Nenana Gravel and coal-bearing rocks 9 Chulitna district 9 10 Honolulu
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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
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Department of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Department of Energy, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Geological Survey 17 National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska 17 Gas hydrates 17 Petroleum potential of the eastern...eastern Brooks Range Interior basins of Alaska 18 Bureau of Land Management 18 Fish and Wildlife Service
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Agriculture-Forest Service, as mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...1980 A summary of mineral resource activities in Alaska during 1996 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Susan Mayfield Frontispiece. Kennecott mill and mine area in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve...information that will allow for better planning of mining and mitigation activities and for the assessment......................... Data Acquisition on the Alaska OCS ..........................................
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TATONDUK-NATION DISTRICT, ALASKA By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. ABSTRACT The Tatonduk-Nation district occupies a triangular...eastcentral Alaska. The Yukon River, which runs N. 60Β° W. along the south side of this district, delimits...Yukon-Tanana region contains numerous towns and mining camps and in earlier years has been completely...geographically, the Yukon River in this part of Alaska forms a significant boundary, for south of the...limestone have no known counterparts elsewhere in Alaska. In addition, sedimentary rocks of every geologic
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only a few localities. Those of the Mount Eielson district are described by Moffit in an accompanying paper...is approached at its eastern edge by way of the Alaska Railroad, built a,nd operated by the Federal Government...park here covers a complete section' across the Alaska Range and offers a great variety of scenery, from...glacier-filled valleys of 219 220 MINERAL BESOtmOES OF ALASKA, 1930 the main divide to the open valleys and...penetrated to this rather inaccessible portion of Alaska up to the end of the Russian occupa- PIGURE 6
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Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 849 INVESTIGATIONS IN ALASKA RAILROAD BELT, 1931 BY PHILIP S. SMITH AND OTHERS...Ridge district, by R. W. Richards 1 5 and G. A. Waring 1 29 Lode deposits of the Fairbanks district, by...Hill The Willow Creek gold lode district, by J. C. Ray1 1.65 The Mount Eielson district, by J. C. Reed1...Kantishna district, by F. G. Wells_ 335 The Girdwood district, by C. F. Park, Jr1 381 The Valdez Creek mining...mining district, by C. P. Ross1 425 The Moose Pass-Hope district, Kenai Peninsula, by Ralph Tuck1 469 ILLUSTRATIONS
 
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