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Gold from
Happy Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Happy Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:581905
Long-form Identifier:1:3:581905:8
GUID (UUID V4):77070cb0-f611-45ec-abc0-ec0387d39a5a
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
0.2km (0.1 miles) β“˜Elmes; Ethel; Nickaloff Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) β“˜Royal Flush; Adler Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) β“˜Irishman Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) β“˜Macomb Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) β“˜Grant Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) β“˜Dorothy and Dorice; Cosgrove and Krutsch Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) β“˜Last Chance Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) β“˜Saint Patrick Mine, St. Patrick Creek, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) β“˜Mohawk Mine (Bondholder claim; Bondholder Extension claim; Peg Leg claim; Yellow Jacket claim; Mohawk No. 2 claim; Mohawk No. 3 claim; Liberty claim; Spite Fraction claim), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) β“˜First Chance Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Yukon and Tanana rivers to Lake Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31...1-77, maps, 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of...drainage lines. The plains border the uplands on the north, east, and south, extend broadly into the principal...trend and lies very close to the course of the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. The northeasterly trend
Report (issue)
known Ho contain antimony ora in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, and inset showing the location of deposits...Dome gold salt. Rrv{iΒ»>0r>u ore. J Abstract Antimony-bear ing ores in the Fairbanks district, Alaska...points 10 miles west and Β£3 miles northeast of Fairbanks; and one of two minor areas lies along this same...ores were exposed largely as a result of lode gold mining, but at two periods in the past, high prices...economic faetors, which greatly affect prospecting and mining for stibnite ore in the area, are outlined. The
Report (issue)
GOLD PLACERS OF THE RUBY DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT. The chief...chief settlement of the Ruby district is Ruby, situated on the south bank of Yukon River opposite the mouth...Melozitna River. The principal placer mines of the district are about 25 miles south of Ruby on a number of...the rocks which outcrop in the bluff near Ruby Creek in 1902, but they were not published, being foreign...were spent in a geologic reconnaissance of the district and in visiting the producing creeks. The reconnaissance
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...produced in 1912. The estimate of the value of the gold-lode production in 1913, based on incomplete returns...In 1913 the writer spent a few days in the Fairbanks district to study the occurrence of lodes and to gather
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______________________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COMPLEX ORIGIN OF SILTS IN THE VICINITY OF FAIRBANKS, ALASKA BY STEPHEN TABER Introduction Theory of Complex...flour discharged by Castner Glacier; and (2) Candle Creek silt formed by frost disintegration during a single...and (3) from Ester Creek. Volcanic ash was observed in all except one "The Alaska silts have been formed...weathering having coarser-textured than typical Alaska silts, and been moved down valley slopes by soil...of freezing and thawing, tends to been termed "creek-valley silt" by Taber. move it down slope under
Report (issue)
SELECTED NONMETALLI FERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA TO ACCOMPANY OPEN-FILE MAP 77-1680 This report...SELECTED NONMETALLI FERGUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA (To accompany Open-file Map 77-168D) By G. Donald...accompanying map have been prepared under the Regional Alaska Mineral Resource Appraisal Program (RAMRAP) to...nonmetal1iferous deposits, both lode and placer, in central Alaska. Specifically excluded are the fossil fuels (petroleum...government and private sectors, discussions with mine operators, and the firsthand knowledge of the authors
Report (issue)
RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages 115-245)...________-_______-__-____---__-_____--__________-___ Ruby district._______-___-____--._-_--.-__---_--__._______ Ruby...area____-______.__--_-___--__-_-___-_________ 145 Long Creek and Bear Gulch..____________________ Fifth of July...______________________ Greenstone Creek.._______._________._._-_._.___._ Monument Creek.______________________________...Meketchum Creek._______________________________ Trail Creek____.________________________ Flint Creek and tributaries
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 March...-.. ._.._..........__._.__._.._._.__.... 109 (C) Gold placers of the Fortymile, Eagle, and Circle districts...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
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)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 910 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1937 PAPERS...separate publication Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937, by P. S. Smith (published in May 1939...(B) Platinum deposits of the Goodnews Bay district, Alaska, by J. B. Mertie, Jr. (published in January...1940)_______ _________________ 115 (C) Fineness of gold from Alaska placers, by P. S. Smith, (published in 1941)...publications on Alaska. _ On back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. The writer devoted about 10 days...investigation of the recent mining developments in the Fairbanks district. This time was insufficient...1914 about 125 placer mines were operated in this district, employing some 1,200 men. Statistics of winter...over 50 mines were worked. The value of the placer gold produced in 1914 is estimated at $2,500,000, compared...Vault, Little Eldorado, Goldstream, Engineer, and Fairbanks creeks. The falling off in output is to be interpreted
Report (issue)
Director Β°\ Bulletin 880 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1935 ...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1935, by P. S. Smith (published in March 1937)...Capps (published in January 1938). Ill (D) The Eska Creek coal deposits, Matanuska Valley, by Ralph Tuck (published...publications on Alaska..___0n back of plate 1 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATB 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas...covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska.._-______----___________ In pocket 2. Reconnaissance
Report (issue)
H. MANNING. Director I HE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915... BY SUMNER S. SMITH United States Mine Inspector for Alaska ENGINEERING \Y* WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...MINES H. MANNING. Director THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915... BY SUMNER S. SMITH United Stales Mine Inspector for Alaska WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1917 ... Introduction New gold-mining districts Mineral production Placer gold Lode gold Copper Tin Antimony
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...-_-__-_____-_-_--___-__.--___ Pre-Cambrian rocks (Birch Creek schist)..___-_-----__--_.-__ Character- ___-_--...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...data._____-___-______-_-----____-__-_--___.-____ Gold lode deposits----_-----__-_--_--_-----__--_-_---_-------...71 73 IV CONTENTS Economic geology Continued Gold lode deposits Continued Mines and prospects...-
Report (issue)
DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER YUKON-KUSKOKWIM HIGHLANDS REGION ALASKA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Douglas...IN THE LOWER YUKON-KUSKOKWIM HIGHLANDS REGION, ALASKA, 1947 By M. G. White and P. L. Killeen This report...Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks............ Creek placers .............. Panned concentrates........studies--Continued Discussion of data--Continued Creek placers Continued Sluice-box and dredge concentrates...Julian, Moore, and Candle Creeks, and the Cripple Creek Mountains Abstract ............................
Report (issue)
MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1926 By PHILIP S. SMITH* INTRODUCTION Records of what has been done in...The investigations of the imineral resources of Alaska which the Geological Survey has been [carrying...755, 773, 783, and 792. 2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1926 generously put at the disposal of the Geological...obtained from other sources. Many of the important Alaska newspapers are courteously sent toj the Geological...year] sends to each person known to be operating a mine or prospect sched-J ules on .which are queries to
Report (issue)
NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256) ...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...River, the large tributary of the Yukon from the north that rises in the Brooks Range, which forms the...observations regarding the physical features of this district and has coordinated them with the facts hitherto...publication. 11011 34 1 247 248 MINERAL KESOUECES OF ALASKA, 1931 INTRODUCTION The Koyukuk River, which is
Report (issue)
Director. Bulletin 868 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1934 BY...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1934, by P. S. Smith (published Jan. 25, 1936)_______...3. 4. Topographic map of Kodiak and vicinity, Alaska. ___________ Geologic map of Kodiak and vicini...upper Ugak Bay_ _______________________ 7. Kodiak, Alaska, in August 1912, several months after the explosion...sketch map of the Kaiyuh Hills and part of the Ruby district- ______________________________________________
Report (issue)
STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ALASKA INDEX: STREAMFLOW AND WATER-QUALITY RECORDS TO...Karen V. Jones OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-332 Anchorage, Alaska 1985 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...Division 4230 University Drive, Suite 201 Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4664 Open-File Services Section Western...Southeast Alaska hydrologic subregion .... South-central Alaska hydrologic subregion Southwest Alaska hydrologic...Basin, Alaska hydrologic subregion , Northwest Alaska hydroloigc subregion .... Arctic Slope, Alaska hydrologic
Report (issue)
OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Gold analytical results and gold signatures from the Anchorage, Charley...McKinley, Ophir, Ruby, and Talkeetna quadrangles, Alaska By John B. Cathrall,* John C. Antweiler,* George............................... 1 Reliability of Gold Analyses..........................................McKinley, Ophir, Ruby, and Talkeetna quadrangles, Alaska.............................. 2 TABLES Table...locality name, and sample description for lode gold and placer gold samples from the Anchorage, Charley River
Report (volume)
FINENESS OF GOLD FROM ALASKA PLACERS BY PHILIP S. SMITH Mineral resources of Alaska, 1937 (Pages 147-272)...fineness______________________-_____Metals other than gold in bullion from Alaska placers________ Descriptions of regions...fineness of placer gold Southeastern Alaska region__________________________ Juneau district ____________________...Slate Creek area__________________________ Middle Fork area___________________________ Rainy Creek area___...district_________________________________ Nelchimi district ______________________________ Cook Inlet-Snsitna
Report (issue)
Ground Water in the Permafrost Regions of Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 696 Ground Water...Water in the Permafrost Regions of Alaska By JOHN R. WILLIAMS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...PAPER 696 Ground water in permafrost regions in Alaska occurs according to the same geologic and hydrologic...valley ---------------Ogotoruk Creek near Cape Thompson __ Selin Creek near Cape Lisburne -------Kobuk...------------------Eielson Air Force Base ----------Fairbanks area ------------------Nenana -------------------------~into
Report (issue)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1914. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. This...resources during 1914 and of the status of the mining industry in the Territory. It is the eleventh of...particular district are therefore urged to procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon...statistical data is impaired by the fact that some of the mine operators, notably the placer miners, fail to report...production of many of the districts or to summarize the mining development. There are now nearly 450 operators
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
 
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