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Quartz from
Francis Mine, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Francis Mine, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:580691
Long-form Identifier:1:3:580691:1
GUID (UUID V4):1ee96f4d-7302-4acc-a7ab-05e1a3dec115
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.1km (0.1 miles) Martha Q Mine, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Little Maud Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.3km (0.2 miles) Silver Pick; Silver Pick No. 2 Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.4km (0.2 miles) Friday; Star Mine (North Star), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Galena Mine, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Polly Wonder Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) White Hawk Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Little Annie and Little Annie No. 2 Mine (Quigley Ridge; Aitken property; Quigley property; Alice; Fransen and Hawkins), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Eureka Stibnite Mine (Pick claim group), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Hillside; Silver King Prospect, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
AND VICINITY KANTISMA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY FRANCIS G. WELLS Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...schist__-__..__..______..-_._____-____.._-_._______. Quartz-muscovite schist____-___...__.-__-_._..______-__-_...______________________________________________ Quartz porphyry._________________________________________...___________-______-__.__-...._-_..____..__ History of mining.____________________________________________ Character...minerals.______---___--___----_---_---------Gold quartz veins._____--___----__--_--_-______----_-_ Galena-sphalerite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fairbanks mining region, Alaska, USA. Donated in 1977 by Arthur Sexaur. University of Alaska Museum of... Alabama 36849 cookrob@auburn.edu T CARL A. FRANCIS Maine Mineral & Gem Museum PO Box 500 Bethel,...Geosciences at Auburn University. Dr. Carl A. Francis, an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals, is curator...ounces, Ganes Creek, Iditarod district, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska. This nugget shows extreme rounding...States Alaska, Bear Creek near Hope Alaska, Brooks Range Alaska, Caribou Creek near Kantishna 1905
Report (issue)
Underground photograph of the Hibbard stibnite-quartz vein, Lake George antimony deposit, New Brunswick.............................................. C11 Mine Waste Characteristics ....................................................................... C12 Mine Closure...........................................production, U.S. apparent consumption, and U.S. mine production of antimony from 1900 to 2012 .........Resources in the United States are located mainly in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada. The most significant
Report (issue)
Creek. Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2000 Frederic H. Wilson and John P. Galloway,...John P. Galloway GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK East-Central Alaska Geochemistry and Age Constraints on Metamorphism...Fortymile River Area, Eastern Yukon-Tanana Upland, Alaska ----------------------------------------------5...John N. Aleinikoff, and Bruce Gamble South-Central Alaska Stratigraphy, Age, and Geochemistry of Tertiary...Synorogenic De posits, Maunt Mc Kinley Quadran gIe, Alaska --------------------------------------------19
Report (volume)
Creek. Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2000 Frederic H. Wilson and John P. Galloway,...John P. Galloway GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK East-Central Alaska Geochemistry and Age Constraints on Metamorphism...Fortymile River Area, Eastern Yukon-Tanana Upland, Alaska ----------------------------------------------5...John N. Aleinikoff, and Bruce Gamble South-Central Alaska Stratigraphy, Age, and Geochemistry of Tertiary...Synorogenic De posits, Maunt Mc Kinley Quadran gIe, Alaska --------------------------------------------19
Report (issue)
only a few localities. Those of the Mount Eielson district are described by Moffit in an accompanying paper...is approached at its eastern edge by way of the Alaska Railroad, built a,nd operated by the Federal Government...park here covers a complete section' across the Alaska Range and offers a great variety of scenery, from...glacier-filled valleys of 219 220 MINERAL BESOtmOES OF ALASKA, 1930 the main divide to the open valleys and...penetrated to this rather inaccessible portion of Alaska up to the end of the Russian occupa- PIGURE 6
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Natural History of Gold Carl A. Francis Introduction Gold, like all precious metals and gem minerals...common mineral in the Harvard collection after quartz and calcite! There are about 1200 specimens, with...crystal I've seen. The following is summarized from Francis (2004) based on Goldschmidt's Atlas der Krystallformen...European source for crystallized gold is the mining district in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania...contemporary specimens have been available. The Dilz mine near Mariposa recently produced groups of rather
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--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Denali-MacLaren River area. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Federal Centre Box 25046 (MS964), Denver, Colorado, USA 80225 Received on June 1, 2004; accepted on September...Ma) plutonic suites and belts are defined across Alaska and Yukon, in the northern North American Cordillera...intrusion-related gold deposit model. Keywords: Alaska, Yukon, granite, redox, Cretaceous, magnetic susceptibility...BELT KALTAG Richardson area VF L EL W RE FA Alaska Range DE NA L 35 I n g ell 0 AR km L P M RF SU...Fig. 1 Generalized tectonic elements in Yukon and Alaska with significant faults, features and locations
Report (issue)
isotope data base for sulfide occurrences from Alaska, December, 1989 by J.D. Gaccetta1 and S.E. Church2...of Alaska used in this report.............. 2 Figure 2. Mining regions and districts of Alaska......isotope data from sulfide occurrences from northern Alaska..................................... 8 Table...data from sulfide occurrences from west-central Alaska................................. 14 Table 3. ...data from sulfide occurrences from east-central Alaska................................. 20 Table 4.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
gold deposits are located adjacent to w10 e25 district-scale jogs in these crustal-scale faults. These...a regional scale. These repetitive province to district-scale geometrical Keywords: Structural geometry...districts of the Juneau Gold Belt in south-eastern Alaska, studies on the timing of formation of gold deposits...suggested multiple gold events in the Leonora District, and Bateman and Hagemann (2004) went further...provinces; Klondike province; Seward Peninsula of Alaska) lack these first-order structures and associated
Report (volume)
Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1994 AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE...to Superintendent of Documents.) • 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...SPACE CENTER, Mississippi-Bldg. 3101 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Earth...Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1994 Thomas E. Moore
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Yukon-Tanana Upland region of east-central Alaska: Possible exploration tool for porphyry-style deposits...the Yukon-Tanana Upland region of east-central Alaska: Possible exploration tool for porphyry-style deposits...the Yukon-Tanana Upland region of east-central Alaska: Possible exploration tool for porphyry-style deposits...characteristics in the Yukon-Tanana upland region of eastern Alaska. Surface 11 water samples were collected from...porphyry copper, hydrogeochemistry, exploration, Alaska Jo ur na lP re -p ro 10 30 1 31 32
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chamberlain, Syracuse University; Dr. Carl A. Francis, Harvard University; Dr. Robert I. Gait, Royal...unusual boxlike cavities lined with comb-structured quartz. Although Dale (1924) named the vein after the...the outer walls of the quartz-lined cavities, at the boundary between quartz and calcite, pyrolusite...along the cleavage directions of calcite. Euhedral quartz characterized the interior of the cavities, Volume69...University Library] at 17:06 10 August 2015 Calcite and quartz mineralization typical of the box-vein of Lyonsdale
Book (volume)
THE GEOLOGY OF ALASKA The Geology of North America 'll L *• / ^ X, ^x /yj 5*? ^^vrA. j /X XxT &...Geology of North America Volume G-l The Geology of Alaska Edited by George Plafker U.S. Geological Survey...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Geology of Alaska / edited by George Plafker and Henry C. Berg, p...educational advancement. 1. Geology—Alaska. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Alaska. I. Plafker, George, 1929. II...north from over the Chaix Hills along the Gulf of Alaska. Bedded marine Tertiary rocks of the Yakutat terrane
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
near Ludlow, Vermont. Jess Dugan photo. CARL A. FRANCIS Harvard Mineralogical Museum 24 Oxford Street Cambridge...famous find. He dug an enormous hole at the Rist mine in Hiddenite, North Carolina.   96*2: 405... a white crystal rich in faces from the Aldrich mine in Stoneham, Maine. Beyond his self-collected specimens...example, there are nine small thumbnails of gold in quartz with minor matrix and sulfides from Goldenville...Rosia Montana mine in Romania’s Golden Triangle; multiple thumbnails from the Eagle’s Nest mine, Foresthill
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(hardbound). This book describes the history of mining and collecting, the geologic history, petrology...Alaskan Gofd: Placer Mining in lnterior Alaska, produced by KUAGTV, University of Alaska Fairbanks. VHS format;...Alan Probert for the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Company. It was made to illustrate their golddredging...golddredging operations in the Fairbanks area of Alaska for stockholders and potential investors on the East...historical-since large-scale dredging ended in Alaska in the 1950s-and informative. The video makes an
Journal (issue)
States Prof. John Rakovan, museum curator Carl A. Francis, and renowned mineral collector Alexander G. Schauss...Boris Z. Kantor on some morphological types of quartz. Emphasizing the high skill and talent of Boris...Victor K. Garanin Michael B. Leybov Bryan Lees (USA) Yuriy B. Marin Vladimir I. Pavlishin (Ukraine) Igor...T. Trofimov Lydie Touret (France) John S. White (USA) 0 0 0 0 Editor of the issue Translators Editors...Kurdyukov John S. White (USA), Carl A. Francis (USA) and Peter Modreski (USA) Advertising and Promoting
Report (volume)
nos. 1, 2. Boston, Mass. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 121-132; Transactions...Mineralogist, vol. 2. Philadelphia, Pa. American Mining Congress: Report of Proceedings, 19th Annual Session...nos. 1-9. San Francisco, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 72-75. San Francisco, Cal...Summary report for 1916. Ottawa, Ont. Canadian Mining Institute: Monthly Bulletin, nos. 57-68;. Transactions...Transactions, vols. 19, 20. Ottawa, Ont. ' Canadian Mining Journal, vol. 38. Toronto and Montreal, Canada
Report (issue)
TATONDUK-NATION DISTRICT, ALASKA By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. ABSTRACT The Tatonduk-Nation district occupies a triangular...eastcentral Alaska. The Yukon River, which runs N. 60° W. along the south side of this district, delimits...Yukon-Tanana region contains numerous towns and mining camps and in earlier years has been completely...geographically, the Yukon River in this part of Alaska forms a significant boundary, for south of the...limestone have no known counterparts elsewhere in Alaska. In addition, sedimentary rocks of every geologic
Report (issue)
and ore deposits of the East Shasta copper-zinc district, Shasta County, California: U.S. Geological Survey...p. Allsman, P.T., 1940, Reconnaissance of gold mining districts in the Black Hills, South Dakota: U.S...San Francisco, Calif., American Exploration and Mining Co., unpaginated. (Grover Heinrichs File Collection...Anaconda Copper Co., 1916, Report on Mammoth gold mine, Pinal Co., Arizona: Butte, Mont., Geological Department...1929, Geology and ore deposits of the Lava Creek district, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet
Report (issue)
J. A. Geology of the Woodburn Lake map area, District of Keewatin. Ottawa, Canada : Energy, Mines and...Preliminary geologic map of the Chandler Lake quadrangle, Alaska. [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Geological Survey, 1988....Geology of the northern Yukon and northwestern district of Mackenzie. Ottawa : The Survey, 1985. M (182)2...geology of the Livengood quadrangle, east-central Alaska. (Reston, VA] : U.S. Geological Survey, 1988. (200)...1976. (200) R29o no.76-752 BIBLIOGRAPHY--MINES AND MINING SPAIN. Archive General de Simancas. Indice de documentacion
Book
everything conceivable that he might want to know about Alaska from the time of its discovery by Bering in 1741...National Wildlife Refuge • '/ PRAISE FOR Alaska "This is narrative history told in superlatives...landscape reaches from the gigantic forests of the Alaska Panhandle past the highest mountains in North America...Arctic Circle. We meet waves of insistent humanity: Alaska Natives, fur hunters, river explorers, dogsled...Great ~st "Often referred to as the Last Frontier, Alaska has captivated the imagination of many over the
Report (volume)
of Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Deposits of Alaska Compiled From Published Reports of Federal and...of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska, compiled from published reports of Federal and...resources Indexes. 2. Mines' and mineral resources Alaska. I. Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-, rjoint author...quadrangle__________________________ ______________ 130 Kantishna River quadrangle___________________ ______________...investigations__________________---_-_----____-__ Territory of Alaska Department of Mines pamphlets____________--_ 360
Journal (issue)
Arhbar Mine in view of the association with the wendwilsonlte which was confined to this mine and is...the Morococala tin mine, two hours drive east of the city of Oruro, Bolivia. This mine became famous in...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 E-mail: lream@comtch.iea.com... visitors walk through a replica of a turquoise mine tunnel, complete with veins of the featured blue...sulfates are present in the paragenesis of this mine. A new mineral for California which is now preserved
 
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