 | Price, J. B., Hitzman, M. W., Nelson, E. P., Humphrey, J. D., Johnson, C. A. (2014) Wall-Rock Alteration, Structural Control, and Stable Isotope Systematics of the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska. Economic Geology, 109 (3) 581-620 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.3.581 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska Jason B. Price,†,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract The Kennecott district, Alaska, contained three important copper-(silver)...other small occurrences. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennecott Copper Corporation recovered some 1.18 billion...silver from these deposits. The host rocks for the Kennecott deposits are part of the type section Wrangellia...Important field criteria for the recognition of Kennecott-style deposits include any or all of the following: |  | | Report (issue) | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...Status: Inactive Workings/exploration: Page 2 Alaska Resource Data File MC001 Only limited surface |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | NOTES ON A KENNECOTT DEPOSIT, GLACIER ALAN TYPE OF COPPER CREEK, ALASKA. M. BATEMAN. INTRODUCTION...discovery of interesting copperore at GlacierCreek, Alaska,disclosed anotherdeposit of theKennecott typeof...metallization. Sinceit lies some35 milesfrom Kennecott,and consistsof generally similarore,it indicates...regionalgeologyis, in general,similarto that at Kennecott. Rock Formations.--The formations in the vicinity...Manager,KennecottCopperCorp., Kennecott,Alaska. 2 Chief Engineer, Kennecott, Alaska. a Moffit, F. H.: Notes |  | | Report (issue) | | valuable minerals that have yet been produced in the district under consideration. They are named in the order...is produced almost wholly in connection with the mining of copper, although a much smaller quantity is...MINERAL, RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1922. * The oldest known rocks of the district are included in the Strelna...the McCarthy shale. Since 1917, however, the name Nizina limestone has been applied to the upper two-fifths...of the original Chitistone limestone of the Nizina district, and the name Chitistone limestone has been |  | | Report (volume) | | GEOLOGY OF THE CHITINA VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREA ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...----___--_-__-_-_______-_-------__ Chitistone and Nizina limestones__-_------_-_---_-__ McCarthy shale_...reconnaissance map of the Chitina Valley and adjacent area-----.-.. _______________________________ In pocket...glacier opposite the mouth of Frederika Creek and the Nizina River___________________________________________...lower Skolai Creek; B, View of the west side of Nizina Valley from a point about 1 mile north of the Chitistone |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | JANUARY-FEBRUARY, OF THE ORE DEPOSITS NO. I 92o OF KENNECOTT, ALASKA. ALAN M. BATEMAN AND D. H. MCLAUGItLIN...result's of field and laboratory studies of the Kennecott deposits carried on at various times during the...last five years. The authors were together at Kennecott in the field seasonof I915, when the work was...copperdepositsof the famous Bonanza and Jumbo Mines at Kennecott,Alaska, are unique for the character of their ores...most impor- GEOLOGY OFORE DEPOSITS OFKENNECOTT, ALASKA. 3 tant ofthemining properties oftheKennecott |  | | Report (volume) | | General Geology of jke McCarthy C-5 Quadrangle; Alaska By E. M. MAcKEVETT, JR. Descriptions of the rocks...Chitistone Limestone ... .... ._ . __ _... . _ _ _ . Nizina Limestone . .... _ .. . .._._ _..._ . _. McCarthy... __. . _ .. Lubbe Creek Formation _. . __ .. . Nizina Mountain Formation .. _ . _-. .. Root Glacier Formation...GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE McCARTHY C-5 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By E. M. MACKEVETT, JR. ABSTRACT The McCarthy C-5...C-5 15-minute quadrangle includes a rugged area on the southern flank of the Wrangell Mountains having |  | | 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_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Formula Abbreviation Enargite Cu ,ASS4 en Luzonite Tennantite Lautite C u •AsS4 Cu•2AsIS•a CuAsS...which has in some casesbeen leached out while luzonite remains. Elsewhere, as at Cerro de Pasco(42)...otherin texturesthat appearto be contemporaneous. Luzonite is isostructuralwith its antimonyanalogue,famatinite...pyrite) at Cerro de Pasco(28, p. 669) and at Kennecott (7). In the sameoresat Cerrode Pasconativesulfuroccurswith...deposition,enargite doesoccurin limestone,as at Kennecott,Alaska,and in the MississippiValley. This mineral |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A COLI, OIDAL KENNECOTT ORIGIN ORE OF SOME' OF THE MINERALS.* S. G. LASKY.$ PREFACE. The unique...unique copper deposits of Kennecott, Alaska, are of more than usual interest to geologistsbecause,first...in his capacity as consulting geologist to the Kennecott Copper Corporation, has had the opportunity to...McLaughlin, "Geology of the Ore Deposits of Kennecott, Alaska," EcoN. GEOL.,vol. I5, PP. 1--80, •9•O. 2...in the Engineering and GeologicDepartmentsat Kennecott,began a courseof study at Yale in the use of the |  | | 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...13'09798] COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...See deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mine'" According to the books of the La Sal Copper Mining Company, the present owners, it has producedaltogether...are commonlycoatedby smallbotryoidal masses of luzonite. The following parageneticsequenceis offered...Tennantite (?) Silvery white mineral Dolomite Luzonite Corellite I'yrite is all but absentin the Cashin...Lovering, T. S.: The New World or Cooke City mining district, Park County, Mont. U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull....the SopsArm area, Newfoundland.He tentativelyidentified the unknown mineral as luzonite. In somesectionsof |  | 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 |  | Eppinger, R.G., McHugh, J.B., Briggs, P.H., d'Angelo, W. M., Doughten, M.W., Fey, D.L., Hageman, P.L., Hopkins, R.T., Knight, R.J., Meier, A.L., Motooka, J.M., O'Leary, R. M., Roushey, B.H. (1995) Geochemical data for environmental studies at Nabesna and Kennecott, Alaska; water, leachates, stream-sediments, heavy-mineral-concentrates, and rocks. Open-File Report Vol. 1995 (95-645) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr95645a | Report (issue) | | for Environmental Studies at Nabesna and Kennecott, Alaska: Water, Leachates, Stream-Sediments, Heav...AND MINING HISTORY ........ 1 Nabesna ............................................. Kennecott .......Figure 1. Location of the Nabesna and Kennecott mines, Alaska .............. 2 Figure 2. Site locations...locations for samples collected in the Nabesna mine area, Alaska. ..... 5 Figure 3. Detailed site locations...mill, Alaska ... 6 Figure 4. Site locations for samples collected in the Kennecott mine area, Alaska |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Covellite .................................... 676 Luzonite-Tennant{te Intergrowths ........................later sulphidereplacement,representedchiefly by luzonite and tennantite. Alunite is rather abundant throughout...throughout the ore body, and its close associationwith luzonite and tennantite is thought to indicate that these...bornite, chalcocite,corellite and molybdenite. Luzonite and tennantiteare abundant,especiallyin the brecciated...and brecciation. 6. Pyrite, galena, sphalerite,luzonite, tennantite,corellite, chalcopyrite. 7. Alteration |  | 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) | | 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...Peninsula-Kobuk region ............ York district .................. Lost River area .............. Brooks Mountain...... Uranium possibilities of the York district . Nome district .................. . Uranium- possibilities...possibilities ........... Council district ................ Uranium possibilities- ........... Pairhaven and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | frequently observed arsenic minerals; enargite/luzonite and arsenopyrite are less common. The presence...ideal case, to assist in the planning of selective mining. Introduction T H E ECONOMIC GEOLOGY of polluting...processes operate. Environmental standards for the mining and smelting industries, however, are being improved...Deposit Tennantite-group minerals Enargite Luzonite Arsenopyrite References Downloaded by [University...Mission Palo Verde Safford-Kennecott Butte Copper Canyon 32. Bingham Luzonite SAI K SI SI SI SI |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and lead in the world. These are the Tri-State district of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri and the world-class...The host rock is dolomitized limestone. The mining district is on a dome or arch. Mineralization is confined...TRI-STATE DISTRICT History of the Missouri Portion of the Tri-State District The Tri-State district, extending...for more than fifty years. The discovery of the district is credited to William Tingle and his nephew,...small-scale mining in 1849 on Turkey Creek in Joplin, Missouri (Dressel 1989). The history of the district is |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA Abstract The Copper Cliff...experience in Resolution (Arizona, USA), the Copper Cliff prospect (Montana, USA), and several other smaller...wavelength from 2,196 to 2,211 nm (Graham et al., 2018). Mining and Exploration History The Copper Cliff deposit...an intermediate-stage exploration project of Kennecott Exploration Company located 48 km east-southeast...1’N, 113°27.2’W (Fig. 1). Initial entry into the area was in 1891 as part of the discovery of placer gold |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | products, and for this purposethe ores of Kennecott, Alaska,were singledout. Consequently, it will be...occurrenceand character of the Kennecott ores. OCCURRENCE OF KENNECOTT ORES. The Deposits.--The c9pper...c9pper depositsof Kennecott,Alaskarl consistof steeplyinclinedreplacement veinsandirregularreplacement...McLaughlin, D. H.: Geology of the Ore Deposits of Kennecott, Alaska. EcoN. Gv.o•..,vol. 15, pp. 1--80, x92o. ...amountsof enargite,bornite, chalcopyrite, tennantite,luzonite,and an unidentifiedmineralare p"esent. A few specksof |  | | Report (issue) | | Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1995 Julie A. Dumoulin and John E. Gray, Editors...Hills in the foreground. Topographic relief in this area is dramatic (more than 4,800 vertical meters across...associated with low-sulfide, gold-quartz veins in Alaska Richard J. Goldfarb, Cliff D. Taylor, Alien L....the Nabesna gold skarn and Kennecott strata-bound copper deposits, Alaska Robert G. Eppinger, Stephen...environment, Kuskokwim Mountains region, southwestern Alaska Elizabeth A. Bailey and John E. Gray ......... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | paperis built upondetailedgeologicalstudyof the district, carriedon systematically and continuously by...directapplications to ore-findingin this particular district. THE LOCAL FACTS. The General3'etling. An...AlongthegreatCerroFaultcuttingnortherlythroughtheheart of the district,Paria limestone(Triassic-Jurassic) on the east...groundmass quartz and some dickite. Coarsegrained area in upper left is a fragment of Excelsior quartzite...closely similar and intimately related variety, luzonite. The latter, so plentiful in the copper-orepipeswithin |  | | Report (issue) | | Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments During 1975 The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments...Edward H. The United States Geological Survey in Alaska. (Geological Survey Circular 733) Supt.ofDocs.no...States Geological Survey 2. Geological research-Alaska. 3. Geology-AlaskaBibliography. I. Cobb, Edward...resources of Alaska, by Edward H. Cobb ___________________________ New gravity map of Alaska, by David F...______________________ Exploration geochemistry in Alaska, by G. C. Curtin, G. W. Day, C. L. Forn, T. D. |
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