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Mineral Occurrences in the Chugach-Prince William Terrane of Southern Alaska by Peter J. Haeussler 1 and Dwight...endorsement by the U.S. Government. Anchorage, Alaska 1993 Abstract This report and map represent a...lode-gold mineral occurrences in the Chugach-Prince William accretionary prism. We list 216 mineral occurrences...the west 'limb' of the orocline west of Prince William Sound, the gold-bearing quartz veins are oriented...regional structural grain whereas those east of Prince William Sound are at a small angle to the structural fabric |
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THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ALASKA BY U. S. GRANT AND D. F. HIGGINS WASHINGTON................................................. Valdez group....................................................... Granite of Ewan Bay......................................... Eshamy granite........................ Nellie Juan granite.................. ........................ Granite of Culross Island................ Granite of Passage Canal...................................... Esther Granite............ |
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of the Prince William Sound GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 989-E MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1951 *...OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND REGION, ALASKA By Fred H. Moffit ABSTRACT / The geology of Prince William...William Sound was the subject of some of the earliest geologic investigation carried on in Alaska and from...older group, the Valdez, are exposed chiefly on the north and west sides of the sound. The younger or...;md the mainland of the southeastern part of the sound. They were conceived as overlying the Valclez rocks |
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COPPER ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND By FEED H. MOFFIT INTRODUCTION The copper deposits of Prince William Sound...the properties of the Alaska Commercial Co. on Landlocked Bay, the Gladhaugh mine at Ellamar, and the Big...Big Bonanza mine on Latouche Island were staked. Doubtless many deposits of copper minerals were known...high point. By 1907 the number of men engaged in mining copper and in the search for cbpper in this region...proportions. Furthermore the possibilities of the Sound region for producing copper had been presented to |
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Copper Deposits of the Prince William Sound District, Alaska By FRED H. MOFFIT and ROBERT E. FELLOWS...FELLOWS MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1945-46, pp. 47-79 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 963-B An account of..._____----___--_______________________ Northeastern Prince William Sound----_-__-_--___-_____________--___ Port ...Valdez___________________-_-__---___-__.___.___--____ Midas mine---_-^_-_-----------_------------_--_--__----__ Sulphide..._ Threeman Mining Co. claims.______________________________ Landlocked Bay Copper Mining Co. claims._____ |
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MINING IN THE CHITINA DISTRICT. By FRED H. MOFFIT. INTRODUCTION. The year of 1909 was one of expectation...expectation and preparation in the Chitina district. The subject of greatest interest to those concerned with...construction of the new railroad up Copper River from Cordova, and all work on the copper prospects, as well...quantity of supplies sent in over the trail from Valdez in the early part of the year, the number of men...Chititu and Dan creeks in the eastern part of the district were carried on in about the same manner as in |
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of Chistochina River, on the south side of the Alaska Range, in the upper Copper River basin. The other...Chisna rocks. 137 138 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. Fault blocks of similar conglomerate (see...age, as mapped by Moffit 1 in the Chistochina district. » Moffit, F. H., U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 498...tuffaceous conglomerate, and breccia, occupies an area south of Slate Creek. It is bordered by a fault...a number of places 140 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. indicate that there are very large deposits |
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Geochemical Survey of the Cordova and Middleton Island 1 ox 3° Quadrangles, South-Central Alaska Geochemical... Geochemical Survey of the Cordova an·d ·Middleton Island 1 o x 3° Quadrangles, South-Central Alasl...portion of the Chugach Mountains, of south-central Alaska U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1865 DEPARTMENT...Geochemical survey of the Cordova and Middleton Island 1° x 3° quadrangles, south-central Alaska. (U.S. Geological...prospecting-Alaska-Prince William Sound Region. 2. Valdez Group (Alaska) 3. Orca Group (Alaska) I. Goldfarb |
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MINING IN THE LOWER COPPER RIVER BASIN, By FRED H. MOFFIT. COPPER MINING IN CHITINA VALLEY. INTRODUCTION...activity of the copper market is reflected in the district by increased interest in prospecting for copper...are described in detail.. The copper ores of the district extending from Kotsina River to Nizina are chiefly...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone)...(including Mineral Creek), Kotsina River, and Granite, Surprise, Peacock, Roaring, Amy, and Rock creeks |
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SMITH, DIHECTOK BULLETIN 605 THE ELLAMAR DISTRICT/ALASKA BY S. R. CAPPS AND B. L. JOHNSON WASHINGTON................................................. Valdez group............................................deposits................................. Prince William Sound mineral belts................................... Relation ,of Ellamar district to Prince William Sound mineral belts.. Distribution of mineral...mineral deposits within the Ellamar district.......... Production........................................:. |
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THE PO&T WELLS GOLD~LODE DISTRICT. By B. L. JoKNsoN. INTRODUCTION. SCOPE OJI' REPORT. The object of...of the Port Wells district. Before the geology and mineral resources of the district are considered a...economic development of the mineral deposits of the district will be given. This will be followed by a description...WORX IN '1'lllll DISTRICT. The earliest rocordect exploration o{ the Port Wells district was made in June...cutter, examined and mapped the west shore of Prince William Sound from the southwest entrance to Bligh Island |
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the Port Wells gold mining district, Prince William Sound, south central Alaska: Implications for the...gold mining district, Alaska, indicate several stages in the structural history of the district. The...the accretion and associated deformation of the Valdez group flysch sequence at the end of the Cretaceous...quartz veins. The study of the Port Wells gold mining district provides further evidence that auriferous reefs...Introduction Regional geology of south central Alaska Hydrothermal, auriferous quartz veins in deformed |
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MINING ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. By BERTRAND L. JOHNSON. GENERAL FEATURES. The lode-mining districts...districts of Prince William Sound may in a general way be grouped into two concentric belts, concave southward...little developed. The productive mines of the Prince William Sound region in 1914 included two copper mines...mines. Most of the gold mines were in the Port Valdez district. Besides these properties, a prospect on Knight...COPPER MINING. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Copper mining and prospecting in the Prince William Sound region |
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mineral deposit types in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska by James D. Bliss Open-File Report 89-345 The...endowment of the Chugach National Forest (CNF), Alaska at the 90th, 50th, and 10th percentile by planning...Kenai-Chugach Mountains of south-central Alaska (fig. 1), is about 23,000 km^ in area. The CNF has been the subject...3,1964), the RARE H program (19791983) and the Alaska Mineral Resources Program (AMRLAP). Early studies...Traditionally, they have been divided into two units, the Valdez Group and the Orca Group (Schrader, 1900; Tysdal |
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resource tracts in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska By Steven W. Nelson1 and Marti L. Miller2 Open-File...Kenai Peninsula and the Girdwood, Port Wells, and Valdez areas. Copper and by-product gold and silver have...mines at Ellamar, on Latouche Island, and near Valdez. Many of the past-producing properties were not...province of Alaska (Wahrhaftig, 1965), comprises parts of the Anchorage, Seward, Blying Sound, Valdez, Cordova...is 72 km (45 mi) by road southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. 2 The CNF, the second largest national forest |
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MINING ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. By BERTRAND L. JOHNSON. GENERAL FEATURES. The mineralization of the...the Prince William Sound region followed the intrusion of granitic rocks (Jurassic?) into the closely folded...folded sediments (Mesozoic?) bordering Prince William. Sound. These sedimentary rocks may be gathered...chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite, stibnite, quartz, epidpte, albite, chlorite...concave southward, bordering the inner shores of the Sound and surrounding the southern belt, which contains |
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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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---20 Valdez Creek district_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| Nelson, Steven W., Miller, Marti L., Goldfarb, R.J., Snee, L.W., Sherman, G.E., Roe, C.H., Balen, M.D. (1994) Mineral resources assessment of the Chugach National Forest special study area in northern Prince William Sound, Alaska. Open-File Report Vol. 1994 (94-272) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr94272 | Report (issue) |
National Forest Special Study Area in northern Prince William Sound, Alaska by Steven W. Nelson I, Marti...National Forest Special Study Area in northern Prince William Sound, Alaska Steven W. Nelson, Marti L....Interior, Alaska Resource Library, 701 "C" St., Box 36, Anchorage, AK 99513 State of Alaska, Dept. of...Park, CA 94025-3591 Area: Paper:$ Telephone: 41.2-322-5Q38 OFRNo.: ALASKA 94-272 SUMMARY Geologic...study area in northern Prince William Sound. Polymetallic vein deposits within the study area contain |
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ELLAMAR DISTRICT. By S. R. CAPPS and B. L. JOHNSON. INTRODUCTION. LOCATION AND AREA. The area considered...report lies along the northeast shore of Prince William Sound between latitude 60° 48' and 60° 59' and...and longitude 146° 28' and 146° 52'. The area mapped comprises about 60 square miles of land and includes...report of the geology and mineral resources of1 the area are now in preparation and will be published later...adjacent to Prince William Sound is one of the most accessible portions of Alaska. The sound was discovered |
| 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 |
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systematic investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska by the Geological Survey has yielded a large amount...geologic features of the metalliferous deposits of Alaska, using the results obtained by the many geologists...purely scientific results which have been achieved. Alaska is rich in metallic wealth. Its lode' and placer...The rapid advance of the mining 1 Brooks, A. H., The coal resources of Alaska: Twenty-second Ann. Kept... The Alaska coal fields: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 314,1907, pp.40-46 Brooks, A. H., Alaska coal and |
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PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON.................................... Southeastern Alaska......................................................................................... Prince William Sound............................................................................ Southwestern Alaska............................................................................................ THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks......... |
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COPPER MINING AND PROSPECTING ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. By TJ.-S. GRANT-and D. F. HIGGINS, Jr. INTRODUCTION...Survey visited Prince William Sound; one examined the extreme northwestern part of the district/ and the other...made an examination of a considerable part of "the sound and described several copper prospects. b In 1900...further information concerning the progress of mining and prospecting was obtained.6 In 1908 the writers...of the sound is now in preparation. Prospecting for copper on the shores of Prince William Sound dates |
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The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program Background Information to Accompany Mineral-Resource and...Maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska V .U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1094 Cover...G.K. Gilbert and other members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition after they had named many of the surrounding...geographic dictionary of Alaska. Photograph by G.R. Winkler, July 14, 1983. The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment...Maps of the Anchorage Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska By D.J. MADDEN-McGUIRE and G.R. WINKLER U.S. GEOLOGICAL |
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Connor T)aniel O’Haire ROADSIDE VJTeology of Alaska Cathy Connor Daniel O’Haire MOUNTAIN PRESS PUBLISHING...geology of Alaska. (Roadside geology series) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Geology—alaska—Guide-books...ooks 2. Alaska— Description and travel—1981—Guide-books. I. O’Haire, Daniel. II. Title III. Series. QE83...terms and have attempted to explain the geology of Alaska using language that anyone can understand. Roadside...the Roadside Geology series will recognize that Alaska is different. We do not cover the entire state |