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| Bulletin 947-F COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NIZINA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY DON J. MILLER WITH;AN INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION BY FRED H. MOFFIT Mineral resources of Alaska, 1943 and 1944 (Pages .93-120) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Copper deposits.__________________ _ __ _____ Kennecott mines.___________________________ __________ Regal...showing location of copper deposits of the Nizina district-_________ _____ __ __'__ In pocket 27. Sketch...adjacent area.- In pocket FIGURE 12. Index map of part of Alaska showing the location of the Nizina district_____ |
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| NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE McCARTHY QUADRANGLE, ALASKA Compiled by Edward H. Cobb and Edward M. MacKevett...Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...the mineral resources of the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska. The references listed are selected in the sense...Mines and many annual and biennial reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...commodities present (listed alphabetically); the mining district (Ransome and Kerns, 1954 (IC 7679)) in which |
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| By FRED H. MOFFIT. INTRODUCTION. All the mining districts in Chitina River valley were visited by the...investigations in Alaska for that ye'ar.1 Since then no description of individual mining properties in the...in 1918 during a rapid journey through parts of Alaska and incorporated the results of his observations...progress in mining development rather than as a detailed description of ore deposits. Mining in this region...region, as in all other parts of Alaska, was greatly affected by conditions that arose from the war. Prospecting |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1925 MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1925 By FRED H. MOFFIT INTRODUCTION...in the investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska, describing the mineral deposits, and presenting...prompt publication of notes on the more important mining developments of the year and of the principal results...investigations which may be of immediate use to the mining public. The papers included in this volume are...report on the geology and mineral resources of a district makes possible its publication with much greater |
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| Mineral Resource Maps of the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program...Mineral Resource Maps of the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska By E. M. MacKevett, Jr., N. R. D. Albert, D. F...ILLUSTRATIONS Page FIGURE 1. 2. 3. 4. Index map of Alaska showing location of McCarthy quadrangle _____ Map...showing McCarthy quadrangle and nearby parts of Alaska and Canada ___________________________ __ _ Reference...Mineral Resource Maps of the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska By E. M. MacKevett, Jr., N. R. D. Albert, D. F |
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| 75 )'1.1)+%#. 5748'; 5GSWKO 9CUJKPIVQP Alaska Resource Data File McCarthy quadrangle Descriptions...mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral...occurrences in the McCarthy 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-404 Alaska Resource Data File MC001 Site name(s): Unnamed... A sample contained 0.5 part per million (ppm) silver and 15,000 ppm copper (MacKevett, 1976). Alteration: |
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| GEOLOGY OF THE CHITINA VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREA ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...----___--_-__-_-_______-_-------__ Chitistone and Nizina limestones__-_------_-_---_-__ McCarthy shale_...___.__:.::. _._'_'_.'.__..__._.____._______ 125 Silver.___________________________________________________...reconnaissance map of the Chitina Valley and adjacent area-----.-.. _______________________________ In pocket...glacier opposite the mouth of Frederika Creek and the Nizina River___________________________________________ |
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| the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska Jason B. Price,β ,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...80225 Abstract The Kennecott district, Alaska, contained three important copper-(silver) orebodies, Bonanza-Mother...Bonanza-Mother Lode, Jumbo, and Erie, and numerous other small occurrences. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennecott...million ounces (Moz) of silver from these deposits. The host rocks for the Kennecott deposits are part of...Triassic (Ladinian) Nikolai Greenstone. The Bonanza-Mother Lode and Jumbo orebodies are upward-tapering veins |
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| MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DISTRICT, WITH NOTES ON VALLEY. KOTSINA-KUSKULANA MINING IN CHITINA By FRED H... MOFFIT. INTRODUCTION. The Kotsina-Kuskulana district includes part of the west end of a belt of mineralized...from the southwest flanks of Mount Wrangell to Nizina River and possibly to the headwaters of Chitina...for many years to come. The Kotsina-Kuskulana district receives its. name, from the two principal streams...the only mineral resource of the district, for both gold and silver have been found in amounts that may |
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| COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE KOTSINA-KUSKULANA DISTRICT ALASKA BY RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE AND ROBERT F. BLACK...INTRODUCTION BY FRED H. MOFFIT Mineral resources of Alaska, 1943 and 1944 (Pages 121-141) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...FIGURE 20. Sketch map of Alaska, showing the location of the KotsinaKuskulana .district. _______-__________--_-_--______--_-...Russian exploration along the Pacific Coast of Alaska, but it was not the object of special search until...ore body of the Kennecott mine and to many other mines and prospects throughout the area. In early days |
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| MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1926 By PHILIP S. SMITH* INTRODUCTION Records of what has been done in...The investigations of the imineral resources of Alaska which the Geological Survey has been [carrying...755, 773, 783, and 792. 2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1926 generously put at the disposal of the Geological...obtained from other sources. Many of the important Alaska newspapers are courteously sent toj the Geological...year] sends to each person known to be operating a mine or prospect sched-J ules on .which are queries to |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1927 MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1927 By PHILIP S. SMITH INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION For many years the mineral industry of Alaska has been one of the main contributors to the development...Survey ha.s been able to keep those interested in mining developments informed of the facts of significance...773, 783, 792, 797. 1 2 MINERAL RESOURCES OP ALASKA, 1927 they work or more general information by...companies, and other business organizations in Alaska collect for their own use data regarding mineral |
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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...detail.. The copper ores of the district extending from Kotsina River to Nizina are chiefly bornite, chalcopyrite...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone)...(Chitistone) overlying the lava flows. The Kennecott-Bonanza and Jumbo mines are the best known of such deposits |
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| THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1922. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and S. R. CAPPS. GENERAL SITUATION. The value...value of the total annual mineral production of Alaska increased from $17,004,124 in 1921 to $19,506,365...output from a few mines, the prosperity of the mining industry as a whole was very evident. The rather...to the present and future prosperity of the Alaska mining industry is not hard to understand. Dazzled...made during the prosperous days of bonanza placer mining, the public has failed to mark the steady advance |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1920. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. I )...investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska and treating of the mining industry of the Territory, especially...particular district should therefore procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon as...data. Those who have thus aided include the many mine operators who have made reports on production as...692, 712, and 714. 5 6 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1920. Director and other officers of the United |
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| 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_______-_ _-______..._-______ Notes on the geology of upper Nizina River, by F. H. Moffit.___-__--__ Index..________________...Selected list of Geological Survey publications on Alaska.______________ Page 1 73 97 125 143 165 I ILLUSTRATIONS |
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| and silver are the only commercially valuable minerals that have yet been produced in the district under...of the gold and silver. Both copper and gold are mined for themselves alone, but silver is produced almost...almost wholly in connection with the mining of copper, although a much smaller quantity is obtained from...from the gold placers and a single silver-gold vein. Gold is produced chiefly from placer gravels, where...copper and a small amount of silver. It is also obtained from the gold-silver vein mentioned. GENERAL GEOLOGY |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1928 MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1928 By PHILIP S. SMITH 1 INTRODUCTION...of the main contributors to. the development of Alaska, if not the main industry. To assist in fostering...extent of ore deposits, has kept those interested in mining developments informed of the facts of significance... 783, 792, 797, 810. 2 MINERAL BESOUECES OP ALASKA, 1928 in which they work, or more general information...companies, and other business organizations in Alaska collect for their own use data regarding mineral |
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| THE FUTURE OF ALASKA MINING. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. OUTLINE. The Alaska mining industry, which has turned...the gold and copper deposits, but Alaska mines have also produced silver, platinum, palladium, tin, lead...year to year, such as are more or less inherent to mining in remote regions. This advance was made in spite...output of Alaska up to over $48,632,000, a larger amount than that for any other year since mining began...world-wide depression of the gold-mining industry has also greatly affected Alaska. As a consequence the value |
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| THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1910, By ALFRED H. BROOKS. INTRODUCTION. The gold and copper lode-mining industry...industry of Alaska made considerable progress in 1910, not so much in output as in the amount of dead work...advancement of the mining industry in Alaska. So long as the Pacific seaboard of Alaska and the adjacent...at $8 to $20 a ton along the Pacific seaboard of Alaska, even mines located at tidewater are at great economic...apply to placer claims continues, to hamper the mining industry by discouraging the bona fide miner and |
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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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| 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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| 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_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| PARTS OF THE CHITISTONE AND THEIR RELATIONS TO KENNECOTT-TYPE COPPER DEPOSITS OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-217... Introduction 2 Purpose and scope - 2 Study area - 3 Work methods - 3 Geologic setting 4 Descriptions...Theoretical strataform models for the origin of the Kennecott ore bodies - 33 Conclusions and interpretations...map. 2 2. West face of Green Butte. 2 3. Nizina River outcrop. 2 4. Stratigraphic correlation...Limestone from the Donoho Peak section 74A-4T and the Nizina River section 74A-7T. 8. 7 Photomicrographs |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1929 MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1929 By PHILIP S. SMITH* INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION The mineral industry of Alaska was for many years the dominant incentive for the development of the...formerly held by mining, though they have by no means displaced the hold that mining still has on the...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 |
