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Siderite from
Ruby Creek, Amber Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby Creek, Amber Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509686
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509686:2
GUID (UUID V4):8387bac3-ccd1-4ad3-80fe-b5f96a498d7c
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
3.3km (2.1 miles) Bornite, Shungnak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) Smucker Prospect (Charlie; Patti; Puzzle; Ambler 4-B), Kiana Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1592-1618 Geologyand Mineralization of the Ambler District, NorthwesternAlaska MURRAY W. HITZMAN, ChevronResourcesCompany...Hunt, Ware and Proffett,P.O. Box 111253, Anchorage,Alaska 99511 JEANINEM. SCHMIDT,* Departmentof Applied...Abstract The Ambler district is located along the southernmargin of the BrooksRange, Alaska. Mineral explorationsincethe...explorationsincethe late 1950s in this remote area hasled to the discoveryof a numberof volcanogenic mass...maficvolcanicrocks. Introduction District locationand history River, or foot. Explorationin the area beganin the late
Report (issue)
RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE RUBY-POORMAN AND NIXON FORK DISTRICTS, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1949 UNITED STATES...RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE RUBY-POORMAN AND NIXON FORK DISTRICTS, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1949 By Max G. White...I, Calif. CONTENTS Page Chapter A. Ruby-Poorman district Abstract ............................. Introduction...Radioactivity investigations ........... Ruby, area ....................... Long area ....................... Granite............ Granite on upper Flint Creek ............... Poorman area .................. . Summary and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CARBONATE-HOSTED COPPER DEPOSITS AT RUBY CREEK, SOUTHERN BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA DAVID SELBY,1,† KAREN D. KELLEY...from the carbonate-hosted Cu deposit at Ruby Creek (Bornite), Alaska, show extremely high Re abundances (hundreds...ages of ore formation for the carbonate-hosted Ruby Creek Cu-(Co) deposit and demonstrate that the Re-Os...and hydrothermal mineralization in the Ambler district. The utility of bornite and chalcopyrite, in addition...permits a refinement of the genetic model for the Ruby Creek deposit. Introduction The recent application
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)
MERTEE, Jr. INTRODUCTION The area here called the Chandalar district lies between meridians 147° and...River and the North Fork of Chandalar River. This area includes nearly all of the Chandalar River valley...River. Mining operations at present are confined to Little and Big Squaw creeks and to Big Creek, all three...Chandalar River. The Koyukuk mining district lies to the west of the Chandalar district. (See fig. 8.) The...The earliest geologic work in the Chandalar district was done in 1899, when F. C. Schrader 1 and T. G
Report (issue)
OTHER MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC METALLOGENIC PROVINCES IN ALASKA (WEST OF THE 141st MERIDIAN) By Jeffrey Y. Foley1...Mines, Alaska Field Operations Center. Present address: 3301 C Street, Suite 525, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503-3935...western Alaska Western Brooks Range metallogenic province Seward Peninsula and western Yukon-Koyukuk Basin...province Northern Yukon-Koyukuk Basin margin metallogenic province Southeastern Yukon-Koyukuk Basin margin...margin and Ruby Geanticline metallogenic province Yukon-Tanana Uplands Livengood-Tofty metallogenic province
Report (issue)
SPRINGS DISTRICTS ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. BY A. E. WATERS, JR. Mineral resources of Alaska. 1931 (Pages...____________-___--_____---__________-____163 Location of area._________--___-----_----___-___---_-_-_-163 Early...district_-_____----_--_-_---_-______________-_ 174 Minook Creek._-______-_-____----_.____________-_ 174 Hunter ..... _. _ _ ____. _. __ 183 Little Minook Junior Creek._______________________ 184 Hoosier Creek____.....________________________ 186 Slate Creek..._--------.-----___....._.___.._.. 187 Ruby Creek_.._.._.-..-.___________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SulfurIsotopesof the Ruby Creek CopperProspect,Bornite,Alaska DONALD D. RUNNELLS Abstract The Ruby Creek copperprospectis...Brooks Range, 300 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. The dominantstructureof the districtis a large...of the KogoluktukRiver, about7 miles east of Ruby Creek. The depositis stratiform. The sulfidemineralization...copper prospect nowbeingexplored Geo#raphy.--TheRuby Creek deposit(the camp by BearCreekMiningCompany of Kennecott...study of samplesof diamond-drill core collectedat Ruby Creek during the summersof 1960 and 1961. At that time
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 (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--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---20 Valdez Creek district_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages...-__________-___ Ruby district._______-___-____--._-_--.-__---_--__._______ Ruby area.______-_____--_...area____-______.__--_-___--__-_-___-_________ 145 Long Creek and Bear Gulch..____________________ Fifth of July...______________________ Greenstone Creek.._______._________._._-_._.___._ Monument Creek.______________________________...Meketchum Creek._______________________________ Trail Creek____.________________________ Flint Creek and tributaries
Report (issue)
part of Alaska that is comparatively little known either to the general public or to mining men or geologists...years a few small placer mines have been worked on Ruby and Hidden creeks, which are tributary to Nixon...Fork from the south. In the course of this placer mining it was found that the gold became more abundant...entire contact, over much if not all of the monzonite area, and over part of the surrounding limestone, and..."shipped, passed into the control of the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co. and associated interests early in
Report (issue)
developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...and Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35... (Photo by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east...1994 the mine, which has been operated by Cambior Alaska Inc., produced 47,622 ounces (1,481 kilograms)...Lower left: The Red Dog Mine complex in northwest Alaska shows the spatial relationship of the open cast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1644-1674 Geologyof the Ruby Creek Copper Deposit, SouthwesternBrooksRange,Alaska MURRAY W. HITZMAN* Departmentof...Stanford,California 94305 Abstract At RubyCreek,Alaska,a 1-km-diameter bodyof hydrothermal dolostone cutsthroughover...complexalterationsequenceis recognizedin the Ruby Creek body which showsdistinct variationswith depth...ferroandolostone(B dolostone)to sideritecore. Siderite-bearingassemblages are either adjacentto, or replace...chlorite,andbariumsilicates are presentwith the siderite-bearing assemblage. A zone of discontinuous massiveto
Book
os eua come] a.Batis aS i Ce. = of Alaska Ernest Wolff ALASKA Eastofof Green! Gre nwich MAP 170°...Straits 18. Yukon-Koyukuk Cordova-McCarthy 19. Fairbanks Valdez-Chitina-Whittier 20. Upper Yukon Palm...—GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. WASHINGTON, DC, MA ITOT ALASKA MAP A "sO 4 * « PSI1 TOA He REA LA Ope e...University of Alaska ERNEST WOLFF Formerly, Research Associate University of Alaska With Contributions...Formerly, Professor of English, University of Alaska Printed in the United States of America By Edwards
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska ..............................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ..................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts .............................................................23 Arizona – Cochise Co. Mining Districts ...........................................24 Arizona – Northern half of Coconino Co. Mining Districts ..............................25 Arizona
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 (volume)
Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1989 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1946...Riverside Ave.. • ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Rm. 101,4230 University Dr. • ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Federal Bldg, Rm. E-146...Center, Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from AldSka Distribution Section...Center • FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Bldg., 101 Twelfth Ave. GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN ALASKA BY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Alaskan Volcano Observatory. Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1989 JAMES H. DOVER
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIEECTOB GEOLOGY OF THE BERBERS BAY REGION ALASKA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................ 47 Recent Survey publications on Alaska ..................................... 49 Index...important mining district. The first investigation of the mineral resources of southeastern Alaska by the...by Becker a in 1895. More systematic surveys of Alaska were begun in 1898, but for several years the demands... In 1901 a hasty examination of the Ketchikan district 6 was undertaken, and in 1903 and 1904 reconnaissance
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska..................................................GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone...Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned mines⎯Barite (crystallized, massive...massive & nodular), Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area stream gravel, road cuts, banks, etc.⎯siliceous gemstones;...Limonite, and some Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY BLOUNTSVILLE: c W 1 mi
Book (volume)
.............................................1 Alaska..................................................GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy minerals, petrified wood; d area limestone...Celestite, marble; e SIXMILE (hamlet on Sixmile Cr.), area of abandoned mines⎯Barite (crystallized, massive...massive & nodular), Fluorite. CENTREVILLE: c area stream gravel, road cuts, banks, etc.⎯siliceous gemstones;...Limonite, and some Calcite crystals. WOODSTOCK, area⎯Vivianite. BLOUNT COUNTY BLOUNTSVILLE: c W 1 mi
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
{INERALOGICALNOTES CYMRITE IN A COPPERDEPOSIT,BROOKSRANGE, ALASKA DoNar,n D. RuNxnr-ts, Department of Geology,Haraaril...from a copper prospect at Ruby Creek, in the Cosmos Hills, Brooks Range, Alaska, *-ray and optical examination...surface to depths of several hundred feet. The Ruby Creek prospectis located at 67"05tN. latitude, 157'00'...longitude, about 300 miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. The Cosmos Hills comprise one of the many outlying...south side of the Brooks Range. The geologyof the Ruby Creek prospect is describedbriefly by Smith (1913)
Report (volume)
Geological Survey investigations in northwestern Alaska._______ Expedition of 1923.._._.____-________ ..._____________________________________________ 27 Koyukuk Plateaus. .....................-.................Shungnak River.____.______--_------__-__--_----. Dahl Creek.................-..--------...-...-... Kogoluktuk...325 327 330 331 331 Midas Creek region......__......._____.._.._. Koyukuk Valley.. -- 332 333 * *...showing progress of investigations in northwestern Alaska._____________________________________________ 8
 
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