 | | 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...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 |  | | Report (volume) | | 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._______________ _________________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | 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...(Photo 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 (volume) | | Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS K. BUNDTZEN, HENRY...metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786 Bibliography...No.: 119.3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series...COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used by permission |  | | Report (volume) | | 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 (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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Cook Inlet-Susitna River region- - - - - - - - - - - _ --- - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |  | | Report (issue) | | ON AN APPRAISAL OF THE URANIUM POSSIBILITIES OF ALASKA* By Helmuth Wedow9 Max G 0 White, and Robert M0...authors 7 opinions of the uranium possibilities of Alaska through March 1951 S the date of the completion...Seward Peninsula-Kobuk region ............ York district .................. Lost River area ................ Uranium possibilities of the York district . Nome district .................. . Uranium- possibilities...possibilities ........... Council district ................ Uranium possibilities- ........... Pairhaven and |  | Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, Donald, Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., Yeend, W.E. (1988) Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1988 (88-73) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr8873 | Report (issue) | | 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...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... Andersen, Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska Roger P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey |  | Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Grybeck, D.J., Koch, R.D., Eremin, R.A., Rozenblum, I.S., Sidorov, A.A., Byalobzhesky, S.G., Sosunov, G.M., Shpikerman, V.I., Gorodinksy, M.E. (1993) Metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the Russian Northeast. Open-File Report Vol. 1993 (93-339) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr93339 | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...NORTHEASTERN RUSSIA METALLOGENESIS OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Noklebergl...and Richard D. Koch 1 1-U.S. Geological Survey ^-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-339 PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...LODE DEPOSITS AND PLACER DISTRICTS FOR MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Nokleberg1 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN ALASKA, 1951 By M.G. White, W. S. West, G. E. Tolbert...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN ALASKA, 1951 By M.G. White, W. S. West, G. E. Tolbert...Conclusions.................. . . . . . . . .. Part 2. --Alaska Railroad-Iliamna ;region, by Gene E. Tolbert and... . . . . . . . . . . . Page Fart 3, --Gulf of Alaska region, by Authur E Nelson and Gene E. Tolbert.... . . . . . . . . . . . Part 4. --Southeastern Alaska, by Joseph R. Houston Abstract. . . . . . . . |  | Nokleberg, Warren J., Bundtzen, Thomas K., Dawson, Kenneth M., Eremin, Roman A., Goryachev, Nikolai A., Koch, Richard D., Ratkin, Vladimir V., Rozenblum, Ilya S., Shpikerman, Vladimir I., Frolov, Yuri F., Gorodinsky, Mary E., Melnikov, Vladimir D., Ognyanov, Nikolai V., Petrachenko, Eugene D., Pozdeev, Anany I., Ross, Katherina V., Wood, Douglas H., Grybeck, Donald, Khanchuk, Alexander I., Kovbas, Lidiya I., Nekrasov, Ivan Ya., Sidorov, Anatoly A. (1996) Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-513) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96513a | Report (issue) | | and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera, by Warren J. Nokleberg...deposits and placer districts of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera. The report provides...Format) formats, and the mineral-deposit and placer district tables in dBase 3/4, FileMaker Pro 2.0, and tab-delineated...ACADEMY OF SCIENCES GEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF RUSSIA ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...AND PLACER DISTRICTS FOR THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST, ALASKA, AND THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA By Warren J. Nokleberg1 |  | | Report (issue) | | FORK OF THE CHULITNA RIVER ALASKA BY CLYDE P. ROSS Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931 (Pages...Lindfors. ..........................................^. Golden Zone_________________________________________ ...prospect, Ohio Creek________ 27. Sketch map of the Golden Zone and Mayflower prospects__._ FIGURE 1. Index map...map showing areas investigated in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931_1_.__--------_-------_------------------------_-38...view of the north flank of the valley of Copeland Creek near the ice-filled gorge.___________-___----____ |  | | Book (volume) | | THE GEOLOGY OF ALASKA The Geology of North America 'll L *• / ^ X, ^x /yj 5*? ^^vrA. j /X XxT &...Geology of North America Volume G-l The Geology of Alaska Edited by George Plafker U.S. Geological Survey...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Geology of Alaska / edited by George Plafker and Henry C. Berg, p...educational advancement. 1. Geology—Alaska. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Alaska. I. Plafker, George, 1929. II...north from over the Chaix Hills along the Gulf of Alaska. Bedded marine Tertiary rocks of the Yakutat terrane |  | | Report (issue) | | and Mineral Deposits of the Upper Chulitna District, Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 758-B...and Mineral Deposits of the Upper Chulitna District, Alaska· By C. C. HAWLEY and ALLEN L. CLARK GEOLOGY...UPPER CHULITNA AND YENTNA DISTRICTS, SOUTaCENTRAL, ALASKA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER UNITED...near Costello Creek ··------·-------··-----··----------··-----------·- 26 Costello Creek occurrence--...occurrence----··-----····---·------------·---------- 26 Camp Creek occurrence ··----···----··-·----·---·----·--·----···-·· |  | | Report (issue) | | Chulitna District, Alaska Occurrences of Gold and Other Metals in the Upper Chulitna District, Alaska...----------------------------Colorado Creek area- ---------------------------Golden Zone area -----------------------------Breccia...------------------Blind Creek area- -----------------------------Long Creek area- ------------------...Index map showing location of the upper Chulitna district - - 2. Map showing the location of four mineralized...upper Chulitna district -------------------3. Generalized geologic map of the Colorado Creek area ----4. |  | Csejtey, Bela, Mullen, M.W., Cox, D.P., Gilbert, W.G., Yeend, W.E., Smith, T.E., Wahrhaftig, Clyde, Craddock, Campbell, Brewer, W.M., Sherwood, K.W., Hickman, R.G., Stricker, G.D., St. Aubin, D. R., Goerz, D. J. (1986) Geology and geochronology of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1986 (86-396) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr86396 | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE HEALY QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Bela Csejtey, Jr. 1, Michael W. Mullen 1, Dennis... California Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Juneau, Alaska Alaska Division of...of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, College, Alaska University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin U.S..............................36 Ohio Creek area (Chulitna district) ............................ 36 JTRrs...quadrangle, Alaska .............................58 Table 2. Fossil data from the Healy quadrangle, Alaska ... |  | | Report (issue) | | IN ALASKA Cover photographs, clockwise from the top: Geologists on Augustine Island, an active volcano...Bochum, W. Germany) Geologic mapping in central Alaska Helicopter being used in Survey activities Instruments...used in coastal work in Alaska The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during...south-central Brooks Range and in southeastern Alaska, by James R. LeCompte and Wm. Clinton Steele __...________________ National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska-data release, by Robert D. Carter________________________ |  | | Report (volume) | | Geological Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...overviews of Washington, British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska; Part B — porphyry copper (+ Au+Mo) deposits of...and 1970s were decades of mineral exploration and mine development unprecedented in the northwestern Cordillera...the world. The modern era of copper-molybdenum mining in British Columbia dawned in 1954 when Bethlehem |  | | Report (issue) | | Jiyers Creek Mining District PART II Geology and Ore Deposits of the OrovilleNighthawk Mining District...Myers Creek Mining District, and Part II, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Oroville-Nighthawk Mining District... GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT. Paoe I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Minerals of district. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...of properties.......................... 44 Grant mine . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Book | | stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting...61 232 PART The Making 43 II 5 7 3 III Mine PART 267 IV Glossary 279 Bibliography 291 |  | | Report (issue) | | Point Dick Holden Lovitt Negro Creek Iron Negro Creek placers Peshastin Creek placers Red Mountain Rex ...44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 555 566 CLALLAM Cedar Creek placer Crescent Helen Hurricane Littleton O:zette...Shi Shi Beach placer Sunset Creek placer Victor FERRY Republic district Addison Alva Stout placer Belcher...California Dan Patch El Caliph Flag Hill Golden Cord Golden Harvest Gray • Gwin Hellgate Bar placer...HARBOR Burnt Peak Egge Elma Esther-Irene Skunk Creek No. 19 iii 624 620 623 621 622 . . • . . . . |  | | Book | | to Find Gems and Minerals in L.\merica Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut...of commercial mining is also long, beginning with the Kenya opal mines of 4000 B.C. Mining began with gemstones...gemstones, instead of metallic ores, and mining for turquoise was enormously extended throughout the...had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...Georgia). The picturesque legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece has a great deal of fancy and magic in it |
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