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Chalcopyrite from
Hirst-Chichagof Mine, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hirst-Chichagof Mine, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:582264
Long-form Identifier:1:3:582264:5
GUID (UUID V4):6eea0603-80c7-47c7-aef3-dab9087981d3
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
11.4km (7.1 miles) β“˜Senate Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
11.8km (7.3 miles) β“˜Congress Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
15.0km (9.3 miles) β“˜Snow Slide Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) β“˜Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SI041; head of Little Bay), Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
15.8km (9.8 miles) β“˜Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SI119; northeast of Ford Arm), Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
16.5km (10.2 miles) β“˜Mirror Harbor; Davison Bay; Fleming Island Prospects, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) β“˜Mt. Baker; Baker Peak Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) β“˜Cable Prospect, Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.9km (11.7 miles) β“˜Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SI032; northeast flank of Mine Mountain), Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, USA
19.2km (11.9 miles) β“˜Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - SI035; shore of Lake Morris southwest of Mount Fritz), Chichagof Mining District (Chicagof Mining District), Sitka, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (volume)
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CHICHAGOF MINING DISTRICT ALASKA BY JOHN C. REED AND ROBERT R. COATS...60 61 61 62 63 63 Chichagof fault..-----.-----_____'._____.__._____._ 69 Hirst fault..._:...._.._...Lake__-----__----------------------------Fault on Hirst Mountain_---_"-___-___---_-_____.._ 72 72 Fault...Mines and prospects in the district^- -------------------------Chichagoff mine.-----------------------.---------------_...__-____ _ Sitka prospect...._--_-_____.___-_____.__.______-_________ Hirst-Chichagof mine.-_._--._------
Report (volume)
Investigations for Radioactive Deposits in Southeastern Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This report concerns... Investigations for Radioactive Deposits in Southeastern Alaska By WALTER S. WEST and PAUL D. BENSON MINERAL ... RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALASKA, BULLETIN 1954 1024-B This report concerns work done on...____________ Ketchikan, Goddard Hot Springs, Chichagof, Funter Bay. and Juneau areas. ___-___-_-__-_...Springs area._________________________________ Chichagof area____________________________________________
Report (volume)
NICKEL-COPPER DEPOSITS ON THE WEST COAST OF CHICHAGOF ISLAND, ALASKA BY WILLIAM T. PECORA Strategic Minerals...Geologic map of the stock near Davison Bay, Chichagof Island, Alaska.................... 37. Map showing prospect... deposit, Chichagof Island................... Figure 22. Index map of southeastern Alaska showing location...coast of Chichagof Island.............. 23. Generalized geologic map of a part of western Chichagof Island...Page Table 16. Weather records for Kimshan Cove, Alaska, from August 1940 to September 1941...........
Report (issue)
:hichagof Island, Alaska DARWIN L. ROSSMAN :INERAL RESOURCES EOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALASKA BULLETIN 1058-E...1915Geology and ore deposits of northwestern Chichagof Island, Alaska. A study of a region of high recrystallized...resources of Alaska) Bibliography : p. 214. 1. Ore-deposits-Chichagof Island. 2. Geology-Chichagof Island.... 3. Gold mines and mining-Chichagof Island. (Series: U.S. Geologkal Survey. Bulletin 1058-E. Series:...Series: U.S. Geological Survey. Mineral resources of Alaska) 557.982 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents
Report (issue)
deposit. Table 4, part B, gives an alphabetic list of mine and properties followed by the deposit name. CHARACTERISTICS...deposits used in Table 1 may represent a major mine, district name, or local town name or other prominent... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills...86 percent of the districts in Nova Scotia. Chalcopyrite was "very minor" in the Mother Lode (Knopf,...Victoria (Junner, 1921). Hotz (1971) reports that chalcopyrite was uncommon in deposits of this type in the
Report (issue)
IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA.1 By GEORGE H. CANFIELD. INTRODUCTION. The streams of Alaska have been important...industrial growth. The success of placer mining in northern and central Alaska has depended primarily on the water...hydraulicking and dredging, and in southeastern Alaska water power has long been used by mines, canneries...water resources of Alaska. Investigations with special reference to placer mining have been made in Seward...parts of southeastern Alaska. In the summer of 1914 Leonard Lundgren, district engineer of the Forest
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are widespread within allochthonous terranes of Alaska that are composed dominantly of greenschist-facies...concentrated in south-central and southeastern Alaska; small and generally nonproductive gold-bearing...major placer deposits in interior and northern Alaska. Oreforming fluids in all areas are consistent...hydrothermal activity. Within interior and northern Alaska, latest Paleozoic through Early Cretaceous contractional...possibly related to extension and uplift. In southern Alaska, gold deposits formed during latter stages of Tertiary
Report (issue)
MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By A. F. BTJDDINGTON FIELD WORK Since 1921 the writer...southeastern Alaska. The field work in 1921 and 1922 was devoted chiefly to the Wrangell district. A part...believed, is of immediate practical value to the mining industry. For this reason it is here presented...understanding of the occurrence of ores in the district examined is by no means complete. Therefore, the...silver deposits of the Hyder district and the copper and nickel ores of Chichagof and Baranof islands. The
Report (volume)
of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits of Alaska Compiled From Published Reports of Federal and...of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska, compiled from published reports of Federal and...resources Indexes. 2. Mines' and mineral resources Alaska. I. Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-, rjoint author...quadrangle.________________________________ 267 Sitka quadrangle.________________________________________...investigations__________________---_-_----____-__ Territory of Alaska Department of Mines pamphlets____________--_ 360
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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...antimony and molybdenum- - - - - - 29 Willow Creek district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRELIMINARY REPORT CHICHAGOF ON MINING JOHN THE ORE DEPOSITS DISTRICT, OF THE ALASKA.* C. REED. ...work during the summer of β€’938 in the Chichagof mining district, southeasternAlaska. This report is be...revealedundergroundin the Hirst Chichagof and the Chichagof mines, the two principal mines of the district, which have...faults, the best known of which are the Hirst and the Chichagof faults, whose average trends are about...shapesof the ore bodies. ANTHRACITE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, E. IN THE CRESTED BUTTE COLORADO. C. DAPPLES
Report (volume)
800 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY A. F. BUDDINGTON AND THEODORE CHAPIN !....Theodore Chapin.___ _________ Notes on history of mining development- _____-______----__--____ Geography...distribution________________________________ Ketchikan district.._______________________________________ Vicinity..._ Page 45 49 49 52 57 59 60 66 68 68 Juneau district..... ____________--___-____-_-. Schistose greenstone...rocks-___________________________________ Southern Ketchikan district, by Theodore Chapin_______. 88 90 90 94 94 94
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
Report (issue)
projects were under way in preparation for productive mining. In other words, the work of the prospector and...and that of the capitalist, guided by the mining engineer, showed advances during the year. There is good...that the widespread pessimism in regard to the Alaska mining industry that has persisted during the postwar...returns from the exploitation of bonanza placer mining, which are so favorable to local communities, are...improved mining methods. However, in practice these methods require the services of mining engineers
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 (issue)
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)...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...production of Alaska, 1890-1935______-__ 8 2. Trend of value of gold production of Alaska, 1880-1935______
Report (issue)
THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1921. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. GENERAL FEATURES. The value of the total...total mineral production of Alaska in 1920 was $23,303,757; the value in 1921 was $17,004,124. Yet in spite...spite of this tremendous falling off, the mining industry as a whole can be said to have been more prosperous...low price of copper, and no advance of the Alaska copper-mining industry can be expected until there is...the metal. Coal mining shows some growth, though it remains to be proved that Alaska high-grade coal
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
NATIONAL FOREST AND ADJACENT LANDS, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By David A. Brew U.S. Geological Survey, MS 904...of reference materials pertinent to southeastern Alaska as a whole and to the individual fifteen 1:250...ILLUSTRATIONS FIGURES Figure 1. Map of southeastern Alaska, showing location of Tongass National Forest lands...status, U.S. National Park Service lands, State of Alaska, Sealaska Native Corporation, and private lands...and other sources. Figure 2. Map of southeastern Alaska, showing 1:250,000-scale quadrangles and major
Report (issue)
SURVEY METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY Henry C. Berg, John E. Decker, and Beth S....selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in southeastern Alaska........................................................................................... 96 Sitka quadrangle........................................128 METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By Henry C. Berg, John E. Decker, and Beth S....mineral deposits publically known in southeastern Alaska in 1980. This report is part of a regional metal
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 March...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)
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...on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological
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...quality, stream flow, and fish populations. When the mine closed, Valdez Creek was diverted back to its original...work on Pit A-8 of Valdez Creek gold mine operated by Cambior Alaska Inc. as it appeared in early August...August 1994. From 1984 to 1995 Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14,279 kilograms)
Report (issue)
MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1930 By PHILIP S. SMITH 1 The mineral industry of Alaska was for many years...the preeminence of mining, though they have by no means displaced the hold that mining has on the welfare...the minerals produced in Alaska is second to that of the fish products, mining developments still hold...most of the residents. Assistance to the mining industry of Alaska has therefore long been recognized as...describing the different mineral commodities or mining camps and setting forth, both in the text and by
Report (volume)
Smith, Director Bulletin 813 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1928 BY...Price 40 cents CONTENTS . Mineral industry of Alaska in 1928, by Philip S. Smith._______-___ Administrative...by S. R. Capps____________________ Mining in the Fortymile district, by J. B. Mertie, jr_______-_ _-______...Selected list of Geological Survey publications on Alaska.______________ Page 1 73 97 125 143 165 I ILLUSTRATIONS...1. Sketch map of the Chakachamna-Stony region, Alaska, showing areas in which timber occurs...'_--____-__--_-
 
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