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Cassiterite from
First Chance Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view First Chance Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:580433
Long-form Identifier:1:3:580433:7
GUID (UUID V4):fb50d1f8-20c1-4aec-b783-7edf9674c1bc
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
2.7km (1.7 miles) Janiksela Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
3.0km (1.8 miles) Goldstream Creek Mine (ARDF - FB085), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - FB094), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - LG064), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
9.2km (5.7 miles) Dome Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Twin Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Fort Knox Gold Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) Little Eldorado Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
13.3km (8.3 miles) Willow Creek Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
13.8km (8.6 miles) Bedrock Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By THEODORE CHAPIN. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The mineral production of...of the Fairbanks district in 1917 included placer gold, valued at $1,310,000; lode gold, valued at $47...failures would doubtless have resulted. Quartz mining showed a slight increase, which in large part was...made small outputs. On the whole the gold quartz mining was insignificant. The production of antimony in...LODES. FAIRBANKS CREEK. The Crites & Feldman mine and mill, on Moose Creek, a tributary of Fairbanks Creek
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 (issue)
LODE MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By J. B. MEIITIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Gold lode mining in the Fairbanks...Fairbanks district continued in 1916, with a small production. The cost of power and supplies has increased...await the coming of the Government railroad to Fairbanks, the expectation being that this will effect a...lode mines, however, were operated in the Fairbanks district in 1916, producing gold valued at nearly...yearly production of lode gold and silver in the district since 1910, when the lodes were just beginning
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...GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described in some detail
Report (issue)
HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...abstracted from his report. Stream tin was first found on Buhner Creek, a tributary of Anikovik River, in 1900...1900, and there has been some production of cassiterite. from placer operations in the York region since...since 1902. In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two...River in 1914 for the recovery of both gold and cassiterite but were operated only during that and the following
Report (issue)
RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 This report concerns work done on behalf...RECONNAISSANCE FOR-RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 By Helmuth W edow, Jr., P. L. Killeen, and... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairbanks district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Radioactivity studi'es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alaska. Highway belt ....... ~ ........... Geology .....River valleys-Con. Areas investigated-Continued Alaska. Highway belt-Continued Radioactivity studies-Continued
Report (issue)
Development Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top: Ryan Lode Mine gold recovery plant and...investigates a silver prospect in the Chulitna mining district during a DGGS mapping project in July 1997...(left) and Jim Vohden (right) of the Alaska Division of Mining & Water Management, and Bronwen Wang of...spring containing iron-rich filamentous algae on the North Fork of the Fortymile River. This is part of a multi-year...zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION TRAVERSED BY THE ALASKA RAILROAD. By STEPHEN R. CAPPS. INTRODUCTION. ...bridge across Tanana Kiver, in March, 1923, the Alaska Railroad, begun in 1915, was opened for direct...Seward, on the Pacific coast, and Fairbanks, in the heart of central Alaska, a distance of 468 miles (fig...showing location of the region traversed by the Alaska Railroad. the construction of a railroad of this...boat service with the railroad at Nenana and Fairbanks, and the time and expense required in transporting
Report (issue)
production of gold in Seward Peninsula from 1897, the first year in which any notable amount of gold was won...rich placers of the ancient beach about 3 miles north of Nome. Although extensions of this beach have...field season of 1907. 6 Brooks, A. H., Placer mining in Alaska: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 259, 1905, pp...pp. 19-24. Mofflt, F. H., Gold mining in Seward Peninsula: Bull. No. 284, 1906, pp. 132141; The Nome...146-156; Geology and mineral resources of Iron Creek: Bull. No. 314, 1907, pp. 157-163. Brooks, A. H
Report (issue)
LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The occurrence of auriferous quartz veins...for a number of years, but until recently quartz mining has received relatively little attention. In the...opened. 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the production...In 1913 the writer spent a few days in the Fairbanks district to study the occurrence of lodes and to gather...a. measure reflects the progress made in quartz mining, which showed a marked advancement, particularly
Report (volume)
Mcndenhall, Director Bulletin 926 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1939 PAPERS...industry of Alaska in 1939, by Philip S. Smith_____ .._._. (B) Geology of the Gerstle River district, Alaska...molybdenum minerals in Alaska, by Philip S. Smith.._ (D) Geology of the Portage Pass area, Alaska, by F. F. Barnes...107 161 211 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE Page 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports...Topographic reconnaissance map of the Gerstle River district, Alaska _ _______________ _____l_______-_-__________
Report (volume)
MOLYBDENUM MINERALS IN ALASKA BY PHILIP S. SMITH Mineral resources of Alaska, 1939 (Pages 161-207) ...molybdenum minerals in Alaska deposits.____________ 163 Description of Alaska occurrences.______-___..._____________________________ 163 Southeastern Alaska.__________________________________________ 165...1.71 Wrangell district..--..--.. ____-.-_---__-_._----..__-__-._172: Jiineau district._.-_-___.----_...174 Chichagof district._--____-------_--_--_-_-.-________--_-_. 175. Glacier Bay district-_____-_-.__-__--_-______--
Report (volume)
THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT...AND F. J. KATZ AND AN ACCOUNT OF LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS BY PHILIP S. SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...BROOKS_________________________ GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, by L. M. PKINDLE ________________...the Yukon-Tanana region 17 Geography of the Fairbanks quadrangle _ _ _ _ _______ 18 Position and...__________________________ Tanana lowland _ ____ , Upland north of the Tanana.._______________ Yukon Flats_____
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 933 4 * MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN PAPERS...industry of Alaska in 1940, by Philip S. Smith (B) Geology of the Nutzotin Mountains, Alaska .: _ __ (C)...at the Independence mine, Alaska : _ (D) Reconnaissance of Porcupine Valley, Alaska ) . 1 103 201 219...PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska _ __ _ 1 In...Generalized section of the Permian beds on the north side of . Cross Creek______________________________
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 917 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1938 PAPERS...advance publication:] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938, by Philip S. Smith...-_._.__-_. (B) Geology...Geology of the upper Tetling River district, Alaska, by Fred H. Moffit____-._---...I-..-..---.-....--...production from Alaska, by Philip S. Smith._________ (D) Tertiary deposits of the Eagle-Circle district, Alaska...PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska._________________________
Report (volume)
Brooks.................................... 5 The mining industry in 1908, by Alfred H. Brooks............peat fuel in Alaska, by C. A. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Mining in southeastern...southeastern Alaska, by C. ,V. Wright............................. 67 Copper mining and prospecting on Prince...resources of southwestern Alaska, by W. W. Atwood.................. 108 Mining in the· Kotsina, Chitina...Chitina, Chistochina, and Valdez Creek regions, by F. H. l\1offit.........................................
Report (issue)
estimated production of Seward Peninsula from 1897, the first year when any notable amount of gold was won, to...open season of 1908. a Brooks, A. H., Placer mining in Alaska: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 259,1905, pp...Smith, P. S., Geology and mineral resources of Iron Creek: Idem, pp. 157-103. Brooks, A. H., The Kougarok...No. 358,1908. 267 268 MINEBAL EESOUEGES OF ALASKA, 1908. These estimates are based on statements...some other district. In this way a wrong impression may be gathered by outsiders of the mining activities
Report (volume)
D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF ALASKA BY MARCUS BAKER SEC03ST3D EIDITIOIT PKEPAHE..._____________ 2 ' ; _ 16 79 PREFACE. The first edition of this dictionary, published in 1902 as...established; old mining fields have been developed and new ones discovered and prospected; mining camps of that...these contains its quota of geographic names, there first published, obtained from the natives or given by...names met at every turn in the mining regions of the West. The first edition of this- dictionary contained
Report (volume)
Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1991 AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE...of Documents. ANCHORAGE, Alaska--4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 ANCHORAGE, Alaska--605 West 4th Ave., Rm...Sales Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Map...Map Sales 101 Twelfth Ave.- Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Maps Maps may be purchased over the counter at...Independence Rd. FAIRBANKS, Alaska--New Federal Building, Twelfth Ave. 101 Geologic Studies in Alaska by the
Report (volume)
1-1 FAIRHAVEN GOLD PLACERS, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA BY FRED H. 1V10171_= WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...Hannum Creek 4 Cunningham Creek 4 Collins Creek Old Glory Creek4 Nelson Gulch American Creek Pinnell...River Perry Creek Inmachuk River Kiwalik basin 4 Candle Creek Bucklaud River basin 4 Bear Creek Kugruk basin_...basin_ Dixie Creek Alder Beach 4 Source of the gold Summary 4 4 Coal General conditions Trails 4 Mail...81 4 ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. I. Outline map of Alaska, showing areas covered by blarger scale maps, Pls
 
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