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


Locality type:Creek
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ruby Creek, Amber Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:509684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:509684:8
GUID (UUID V4):dbca4ce3-bdad-4daf-b094-a8cf8a5eeec6
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Pardner's Hill; Partners Hill; Eightmile Mt. Prospect, Shungnak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
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
28.3km (17.6 miles) Horse Creek; Cliff; Dh; Lost Prospect, Shungnak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) Arctic Prospect, Shungnak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) Jerry Creek Prospect (BT claim group), Shungnak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
84.8km (52.7 miles) Sun; Picnic Creek; Hot Prospects, Shungnak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
92.8km (57.6 miles) Ningyoyak Creek, Noatak 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unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and...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
Report (volume)
Placer Deposits of Alaska By EDWARD H. COBB GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374 An inventory of the...the placer mines and prospects of Alaska, their history and geologic setting UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...and method of presentation __ Definitions _-____ Alaska Peninsula region Aleutian Islands region ________...Anchorage district _ Redoubt district ___-_ _ Valdez Creek district __ _ Willow Creek district Yentna district...district _____________ _ ____ __________ _____ Copper River region __ _ _ _ Chistochina district Nelchina
Report (volume)
DiBECTOB BULLETIN 536 THE NOATAK-KOBUE REGION ALASKA BY PHILIP S. SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING............. Koyukuk River to Helpmejack Creek. .......................... Helpmejack Creek to head. ....or Upper Jurassic series....................... Koyukuk group............................................Kobuk basin..................................... Koyukuk basin................................... Other............................................ 119 Calcite veins.........................................
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)
INTRODUCTION. The area here called the Cosna-Nowitna region extends southward from Yukon and Tanana rivers...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31... 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of seven...proceeded down the river on a raft, arriving at Ruby September 3. Topographic work was carried on by...the Yukon and Kuskokwim were mapped. Geologic mapping was extended over practically the same area. 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...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 (volume)
GOLD-PLACER DISTRICT ALASKA WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM YALLEY AND THE RUBY CREEK AND GOLD HILL................................................. Yukon River....................................................:................................ Birch Creek schist............................................Innoko..........................'...... 67 Ganes Creek...................................................Innoko placers........................ 75 Ruby Creek area...........................................
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 (volume)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 631 THE YUKON-KOYUKUK REGION ALASKA, BY HENRY M. EAKIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...____________ Ray-Kanuti divide____.._______. ____________ Yukon section above Melozitna River______________ Gold...area____ Kanuti River area_..__ Upper Melozitna River area _ _ 3 33 34 34 4 CONTENTS. Descriptive geology...Hill area___...______________________.__ 35 Tanana area ____________________________ 35 Structure__________..._____ Tozitna basin _________________ _______ Koyukuk Valley ___________..____________ Alluvial plairi
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)
OTIS SMITH, Director Bulletin 754 THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. ' AND G. L....Local details____ ___________ Yukon River______ _________ Poorman Creek _____ Nowitna and Susulatna valleys...fish____ _ Other mining factors __________________________ Gold placers _ _ _ Ruby district _______________________________...History of mining ______________________ General character of placers________________ Ruby Creek_____...Creek_____________________________ Long Creek and tributaries _______________ Upper Sulatna River and tributaries_____________
Report (issue)
production and reserve grades source, fineness, mining methods, other economic commodities and general...is useful for analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits...varies from area to area. Individual workings are not included if deposit or district data are presented...gold production for the central Brooks Range, Alaska exceeded the total as reported by deposit. -2-...variety of methods and areas in Alaska, including sluice and drift mining. 5. Some volumes were estimated
Report (issue)
SURVEY Pb-isotope data base for sulfides from Alaska, March, 1987 by S. E. Church*, M. H. Delevaux...Bibliography -for Alaska. ........................... 3O ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Regions of Alaska used in this...report.............. 2 Figure 2. Mining regions and districts of Alaska............. 3 TABLES Table 1...from northern Alaska.. 8 Table 2. Pb-isotope data from sulfides from west-central Alaska...............Pb isotope data from sulfides from east-central Alaska..............................................
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)
Prepared in cooperation with the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys GIS-Based Identification...Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska U.S. Department of the Interior U.S...Geological Survey Prepared in cooperation with the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska By James V. Jones, III, Susan M. Karl...groups, Bureau of Land Management Central Yukon Planning Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
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 (volume)
Economic Geology of Alaska BULLETIN 1155 . Contributions to Economic Geology of Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Geological Survey. Contributions to economic geology of Alaska. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963. viii...1155) Bibliography: p. 87-89. 1. Geology, Economic-Alaska. 2. Mines and mineral resourcesAlaska. I. Title...Funter Bay nickel-copper deposit, Admiralty Island, Alaska, by Fred Barker-------------------------------...antimony deposits at the Stampede mine, Kantishna district, Alaska, by Fred Barker___________________________________
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)
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_.._.._.-..-.___________
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIEECTOB GEOLOGY OF THE BERBERS BAY REGION ALASKA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...................................^......... 30 Calcite............................................................... 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
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)
BAY-CHIGNIK DISTRICT. By W. R. SMITH and ARTHUR A. BAKER. INTRODUCTION. LOCATION AND AREA. The area described...in this report lies on the southeast side of the Alaska Peninsula west of Kodiak Island and extends from...peninsula to the northeast side of Chignik Bay. This area lies between meridians 155° and 158° west and parallels...northeastern portion of the area includes a part of the Cold Bay district, which has already been described...Capps.1 Cold Bay lies on the southeast side of the Alaska Peninsula at longitude 155° 30' west and latitude
Report (chapter)
Neoproterozoic –Cretaceous evolution of Arctic Alaska CARL W. HOILAND1*, ELIZABETH L. MILLER1, VICTORIA...Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA 2 Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm...of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA *Correspondence: hoiland@stanford.edu Abstract: Mid-Palaeozoic...Mid-Palaeozoic assembly models for the Arctic Alaska–Chukotka microplate predict the presence of cryptic...elucidate terrane boundaries within the Arctic Alaska– Chukotka microplate and to add new constraints
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
 
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