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MINING IN NORTHWESTERN ALASKA. By S. H. CATHCART. INTRODUCTION. The season of 1918 was the most unfavorable...unfavorable for placer mining that the Seward Peninsula has experienced. Several factors combine to account...Solomon Eiver district frost as deep as 10 feet was reported, and in the Council City district frost was... fuel, and foodstuffs was felt severely in all mining operations. It is estimated that the cost of production...arrival of the first boat until June 25. Ditch and creek waters froze October 3, and the first 6 inches of |
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RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ALASKA 1952 This report concerns work done on behalf...RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN ALASKA 1952 By Arthur E. Nelson, Walter S. West, and John...MINERAL POINT AREA 2 INDIAN GROUP PROSPECT 3 SILVER CREEK PROSPECT 4 ROCK CREEK PROSPECT 5 NABESNA...NABESNA MINE 6 ORANGE HILL 7 CHISANA DISTRICT (we fig. 2) 6 HOPE CREEK AREA (IM fig. 3) 9 MILLER...MILLER HOUSE-CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS AREA (»e fig. 4) 10 CHANDALAR MINING DISTRICT (we fig. 5) 11 GOLD BENCH |
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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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Department of the Interior - U.S. Geological Survey Circle quadrangle JH Descriptions of the mineral occurrences...mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. W ' - - V V^ ' VL 1 PI Cl°«5 C»35 ....i-S , -SSK .S' //^.v, S"'--«^ Creek , (3033 .C.049 CM19 C"55 | I i 3 sjL O ...of mineral occurrences in the Circle 1 :250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska C/) c/} cd . i |_ _ Q cd...455-5159 Alaska <^ \ ^ »\ . £ ^jpjL^ , . °%^^^% ^^....^^ Location of map area in Alaska /^^^^^^\ |
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ON AN APPRAISAL OF THE URANIUM POSSIBILITIES OF ALASKA* By Helmuth Wedow9 Max G 0 White, and Robert M0...authors 7 opinions of the uranium possibilities of Alaska through March 1951 S the date of the completion...Peninsula-Kobuk region ............ York district .................. Lost River area .............. Brooks Mountain...... Uranium possibilities of the York district . Nome district .................. . Uranium- possibilities...possibilities ........... Council district ................ Uranium possibilities- ........... Pairhaven and |
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INTRODUCTION. Eleven parties were engaged during 1917 in Alaska surveys and investigations. The length of the field...results of which can not be expressed in terms of area. About 1,050 square miles was covered by reconnaissance...Service, stream gaging was continued in southeastern Alaska. In 1917 the entrance of the United States into...the construction of the Government railroad in Alaska gave more than ordinary importance to the collection...geographically, two parties worked in southeastern Alaska, two on Prince William Sound, and one in the region |
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MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. This...of annual bulletins 1 treating of the mining industry of Alaska and summarizing the results achieved during...particular district are therefore urged to procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon...the year and summaries of the condition of the mining industry, including statistics of mineral production...the mining industry for the years which they cover. Lack of funds prevents a visit to every mining district |
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GOLD PLACERS OF THE CIRCLE DISTRICT, ALASKA- Past, Present, and Future U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Hydraulic mining of North Fork of Harrison Creek, 1980. This was the last hydraulic mining operation...operation in the Circle district. Lower left Placer mining on Eagle Creek in July 1988. Right Panning for heavy...heavy minerals along Ketchem Creek. CORRECTION FOR GPO JACKET (FY91) 585-040 (PRINT ORDER 30035) U.S...pattern used within the map area for unit TKg. Gold Placers of the Circle District, AlaskaPast, Present, |
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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 |
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given to the mining of stibnite-bearing lodes, but it soon subsided. The Big Hurrah quartz mine is the only...was opened up on any considerable scale, and this mine was operated only from 1903 to 1908 and then not...underground work has been done at the Lost River tin mine, the Kougarok silver-lead property, and the gold...the output from those few has been small. In the area of the York Mountains the relation of the mineralization...the platinum recovered from the placers of Dime Creek. Basic igneous rocks occur in the vicinity of these |
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MINING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By GEORGE L. HARKINGTON. PLACER MINING. SUMMARY OP MINING CONDITIONS. During...Seward Peninsula were generally favorable for placer mining until the later part of September and the first...dredges and a few of the larger plants continuing mining after that date and most of the latter working...methods of placer mining. No information was ob tamed regarding the saving of scheelite as in previous years...years as a by-product of placer mining for gold. Difficulty had been experienced in marketing the product |
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SURVEY Mineral Resource Assessment of the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska W. D. Menzie1 , H. L. Foster1 , R. B....models of deposit types which may occur within the Circle quadrangle.......................................captions Page Figure 1. Kap showing parts of the Circle quadrangle.....................4 Figure 2. Grade/tonnage...prospects, Circle quadrangle, Alaska........38 2. Lode prospects and occurrences, Circle quadrangle...quadrangle, Alaska....62 m Mineral Resource Assessment of the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska by W. D. Menzie., H |
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HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...his report. Stream tin was first found on Buhner Creek, a tributary of Anikovik River, in 1900, and there...since 1902. In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two...following season. A second dredge was installed on Buck Creek in 1915 and has worked each summer since that date...hull in 1916 and installed on a dredge on Swanson Creek, a tributary of Agiapuk Eiver. The hull was carried |
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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...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 |
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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- ______________________________________________ |
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Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 864 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1933 BY...separate publication] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933, by P. S. Smith_________ Selected list...publications on Alaska______ (B) The Willow Creek-Kashwitna district, by S. R. Capps and Ralph Tuck_______...gold placer-mining operations___________________ 3. Sketch showing location of placer-mining claims on...on Long Creek, in the Ruby district___________________ 4. Sketch map of Cripple, Ophir, Tolstoi, Nixon |
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OTIS SMITH, DIKECTOB 4:4:2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1909 ...The mining industry in 1909, by Alfred H. Brooks........................... Page. 5 20 Alaska coal...Charles A. Davis................ 101 Mining in southeastern Alaska, by Adolph Knopf......................reconnaissance in southeastern Alaska, by John C. Hoyt. Mining in the Chitina district, by Fred H. Moffit............................... Mining and prospecting on Prince William Sound, in 1909, by U. S. Grant.... |
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nes, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 6 I50" ctf o3 S _ --1.G184 LG1B6 ctf LG030...occurrences in the Livengood 1:250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...(907) 786-7424. This compilation is authored by: Alaska 03 'B- ' ** o £2 0) j 1 Q o C/5 14- ...Curtis J. Freeman and Janet Schaefer Fairbanks, Alaska C^ '*s*^__^r*&*'' Location of map ar«a In Aluki...99-574 Alaska Resource Data File LG001 Site name(s): Troublesome Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: LG001 |
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THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN ALASKA Accomplishments During 1983 U.S. Geological Survey Circular...945 Front Cover Eruption of Mt. Veniaminof, Alaska Peninsula, January 23, 1984. In the background...the floor of the western lobe of the pit. The dark area is the active lava flow; a dusting of snow covers...eruption. , THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN ALASKA: ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 1983 Susan Bartsch-Winkler.................................. 1 4 NAlASKA Buried felsic plutons in upper Devonian redbeds |
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mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 1K'«r RM111 /BN140 / WtKS\ / /BN057 / BBN^///BNl4...Bendeleben 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, western Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...REPORT 99-332 Alaska Resource Data File BN001 Site name(s): Idaho Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: BN001...description and accuracy: This location is on Idaho Creek, 3,000 to 4,500 feet north of its mouth on the Kuzitrin...of the drainage to have been placer mined. This mine is near a regional fault contact between high grade |
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RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages 115-245)...________-___ 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 |
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PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON.................................... Southeastern Alaska................................................................................... Southwestern Alaska............................................................. Yukon-Tanana region.............................................. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN................................. Auriferous lode mining............................................... |
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Geological Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...overviews of Washington, British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska; Part B — porphyry copper (+ Au+Mo) deposits...and 1970s were decades of mineral exploration and mine development unprecedented in the northwestern Cordillera...the world. The modern era of copper-molybdenum mining in British Columbia dawned in 1954 when Bethlehem |
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QUADRANGLE. By L. M. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. The area included in the Geological Survey's map of the Fair...64. The Fairbanks gold-placer district is in the eastern part of this area. During the season of 1908 a...Fairbanks district and during 1909 geologic investigations were carried north of the Fairbanks district and...portion of the quad rangle, including the Fairbanks district and extensive areas to the north and west, is...presence of the Fairbanks district in the south eastern part of the area covered by this sketch map |
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THE GOLD PLACERS OF PARTS OF SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA INCLUDING THE NOME, COUNCIL, KOUGAROK, PORT CLARENCE...H. BROOKS__________________ DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY, BY ALFRED H. BROOKS_____ Foreword __...13 J9 24 28 Growth of mining from 1902 to 1904___________________ 31 Mining developments in 1905-6_...maps__________,______________:_ 334 The future of the mining industry______________________ 135 DESCRIPTION...Gravel-plain placers_________________________ 144 Creek placers____ ^ - * { ! ', 144 River-bar placers___ |