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Sericite from
Alice Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alice Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:576242
Long-form Identifier:1:3:576242:2
GUID (UUID V4):c36ba526-8c8b-4c5f-a344-d981b9858ac2
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Silver Gem; I.X.L.; Shoup Bay Mining Co.; Spanish Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Bluebird; Whistler Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) Palmer Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
2.9km (1.8 miles) Seacoast; Bunker Hill Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Hecla Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Cube; Three-In-One Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.1km (2.0 miles) Guthrie and Belloli Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) Cliff Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Thompson-Ford; Owl Mine, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Alaska Gold Hill; Black Diamond Prospect, Prince William Sound Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
THE PO&T WELLS GOLD~LODE DISTRICT. By B. L. JoKNsoN. INTRODUCTION. SCOPE OJI' REPORT. The object of...of the Port Wells district. Before the geology and mineral resources of the district are considered a...economic development of the mineral deposits of the district will be given. This will be followed by a description...WORX IN '1'lllll DISTRICT. The earliest rocordect exploration o{ the Port Wells district was made in June...cutter, examined and mapped the west shore of Prince William Sound from the southwest entrance to Bligh Island
Report (issue)
MINING ON PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND. By BERTRAND L. JOHNSON. GENERAL FEATURES. The lode-mining districts...districts of Prince William Sound may in a general way be grouped into two concentric belts, concave southward...little developed. The productive mines of the Prince William Sound region in 1914 included two copper mines...mines. Most of the gold mines were in the Port Valdez district. Besides these properties, a prospect on Knight...COPPER MINING. GENERAL CONDITIONS. Copper mining and prospecting in the Prince William Sound region
Report (issue)
GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR VALDEZ. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. INTRODUCTION. As early as 1898 some of the-streams...the-streams tributary to Port Valdez were known to contain auriferous gravels, which had been mined in a small way...presence of quartz veins stained with iron, the Valdez district for many years received relatively little attention...The thousands who joined in the mad rush over the Valdez Glacier during the Klondike excitement paid no...which 12 years later was developed as the Cliff mine. A few men, however, persistently kept up the search
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)
developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...placer gold mine operations on the Eureka and Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern...northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces (1,286 grams) and is unofficially the tenth largest...(Photo by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell...Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten of the last eleven years, and it is one of the largest
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...most part undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but...been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these were more in the nature...development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the semiprecious and base metals, however...published later. GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described
Report (volume)
Center, Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Map...Ave., Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 • ANCHORAGE, Alaska-4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 • LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal...the U.S. Geological Survey offices: • FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. • ROLLA... Mississippi-Bldg. 3101. Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992 CYNTHIA DUSEL-BACON.... . NORTHERN ALASKA Late Holocene Longitudinal and Parabolic Dunes in Northern Alaska: Preliminary Interpretations
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 (issue)
Alaska Resource Data File, Valdez quadrangle, Alaska By Travis L. Hudson1 Open-File Report 03–30 2003...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 Sequim, Washington Alaska Resource Data File Valdez quadrangle Descriptions of the mineral...throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral occurrences in the Valdez 1:250,000-scale...000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through the USGS World Wide Web site...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-30 Alaska Resource Data File VA001 Site name(s): Unnamed
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...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 (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE CHITINA VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREA ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...reconnaissance map of the Chitina Valley and adjacent area-----.-.. _______________________________ In pocket...FIGURE 1. Map of Alaska showing the location of the Chitina Valley and adjacent area described in this...AND ADJACENT AREA, ALASKA By FRED H. MOFFIT ABSTRACT The Chitina Valley and adjoining area form part of...region in the southeast corner of the main body of Alaska and include a portion of the Chugach' Mountains
Report (issue)
including deposit name, country, local geographical area, mineralogy, gold and silver grades, tonnage, and...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...systems. Deposits may be many square kilometers in area representing many nearby gold lodes. GRADE AND... Pyrrhotite appears to be been reported in just a single mine in the East Belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
particular segmentsof the Cordillera,include (1) Alaska-Yukon, passinginto (2) British Columbia-Washington...Questa) and in the Interior Belt of BritishColumbia(Alice (B.C. Molybdenum), EndakoandBossMountain). The geologichistory...(t.p.d.)x BritishColumbia 1967 46,000,000 Mine Alice (B. C. Molybdenum) 8,000 Company British Columbia...A. 4o World War I stimulusbroughtthe Climax mine into production and in 1919 fissure-veindepositswere...S•mple ß Ouesta Irregular + Big Ben Composite ß Alice(BC.Moly) D•ke swarm StockworkMolybdenum + Serb
Report (issue)
description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. William T. Pecora, Director Library of Congress catalog-card...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...-­ Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska -----------------------------------------Cook Inlet-Susitna...ern Alaska region ------------------1'ukon region -------------------------------Prince William Sound
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 745 THE KOTSINA-KUSKULANA DISTRICT ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT AND J. B. MERTIE, JR.... Moffit______________^____________ Location and area __ _ _ ___ __ Previous work _______ _______________________...Mofflt and J. B. Mertie, jr___________ SL History of mining development _ _ ____ 82 Character of the copper...Projections of mine openings on Valdez claim, Nugget Crook__ 8. Plan and projections of the mine openings at...at the North Midas Copper Co.'s gold-silver mine on Berg Creek__________ VII Face. 13 18 25 39 46 47
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 (volume)
Western Edges of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, Southeast Alaska Cover. The Research Vessel...supported fieldwork by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska from 1969 to 1985. It was beloved by the many who...camp mostly in southeast Alaska but also in Prince William Sound, the Alaska Peninsula, and as far afield...in the Bering Sea. It was named for the eminent Alaska geologist who drowned in 1961 while conducting...WESTERN EDGES OF THE KETCHIKAN AND PRINCE RUPERT QUADRANGLES, SOUTHEAST ALASKA Judith A. Richards on ridgeline
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._____________________________________________ Prince of Wales and neighboring islands.____________________
Report (issue)
_________ . ___ ._ .. ________ . ____ _ History of mining development _. ______ .... _. __ . __ . ____ ....-- - ___ •••• _•. _•.. _. ___ . ___ . __ . Grey mine _. . . . ___ . _____ . _.. ____ .. _. ___ . ___...mines-Continued. United Globe mines-Continued. Buffalo mine _. .- . _____ ..... _... ______________________...Billings mine _____________ . ______________ . __ .. _____ .. _____________ . _____ Big Johnnie mine _____.... ____________· _. __ .. ____________ ~ Buckeye mine ..... ______ .... _. _________________ . ___ .:
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
Report (issue)
Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining field, and to assign names to its creeks, gullies...north-west of C.”; A, B, and C may all be in the same district, but it is sometimes difficult or impossible to...” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale Mine”; all these are in the Leigh Creek District, and there may be but one...Zmc-lead Salphide Deposits of the Read-Rosebery District. Bull. Geol. Surv, Tas., 23, 1915. .Jensen (H...Mount Shamrock Mine. Ihid., No. 168, 1901. 34. On the Mount Biggenden Gold and Bismuth Mine and Paradise
Report (volume)
all the papers bearing on a particular subject or area; second, titles of papers, many of them abbreviated...Bulletin, vol. 47. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 97-108; Transactions...nos. 1-6. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 68-70. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1914. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 33-44; Transactions...Transactions, vol. 17. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 36. Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Canadian
Journal (issue)
............ 181 by R. Vochten & G. Brizzi The Alice Glory Hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado .........Harris Monazite and caldoancylite from the Foote mine, North Carolina by J. S. White & J. E. Nelen 203...(1 inch) on antlerite crystals from the Southwest mine, Bisbee, Arizona. For more information on this recent...to fabulous exhibits of Red Cloud mine wulfenite, N’Chwaning mine rhodochrosite, French pyromorphite...specimen esthetics. She was also an authority on mining antiques, particularly miners’ candlesticks; the
Report (issue)
AND CLAY MINERALOGY OF THE CHIEFTAIN MINE, DINOSAUR RIDGE, PATCH MINE, AND OTHER LOCALITIES ALONG THE FRONT..................................... 18 Chieftain mine .............................................................. 47 Idaho Springs and Central City mining districts ....................... 47 Argo mill........... 49 Patch mine.................................................... 52 Mine workings and geology................................... 67 Nederland; mining in Boulder County ............................
 
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