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Pyrite from
Mamie Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mamie Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:585147
Long-form Identifier:1:3:585147:8
GUID (UUID V4):4826dd1d-be9f-4ed3-8b86-6e0e142328b7
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Stevenstown Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) Mount Andrew Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Rich Hill Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.9km (3.7 miles) Uncle Sam; Elm City Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.7km (4.1 miles) Copper Queen Prospect, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) Big Six Prospect, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Poorman Mine (Copper King; Morning Star; Blackbird; Kansas Mine), Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
11.7km (7.2 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - CR057), Poor Man Creek, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
12.8km (8.0 miles) Hatchet Prospect, Polk Inlet, Skowl Arm, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) Alarm Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Mining District, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Mineral Resources of Alaska 1945-46 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 963 This bulletin was printed as separate...WASHINGTON : 1951 £ 7-5 3 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...(A) Some mineral investigations in southeastern Alaska, by W. S. Twen-. hofel, J. C. Reed, and G. 0. Gates____-_____...____________ ' 1 (B) Copper deposits of the Prince William Sound district, Alaska, by F. H. Moffitand R. E. F...(C) Garnet deposits near Wrangell, southeastern ^Alaska, by C. T. Bressler______________^___________.________-____
Report (issue)
LODE MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, 1907. By CHAKLES W. WEIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The mining industry in...in southeastern Alaska has not advanced materially during the last year, and the total metal production...unfavorable conditions of labor and transportation and the fall in the market value of copper. These adverse...affected the mining interests not only of southeastern Alaska, but likewise of many of the Western States...discussion is given of the general geology of southeastern Alaska and the distribution of the ore deposits
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR BTJXILETESr...BTJXILETESr 347 THE AND WRANGELL MINING DISTRICTS, ALASKA BY FRED EUGENE WRIGHT AND CHARLES WILL WRIGHT WASHINGTON...History of mining developments- ____________!__________ 9 11 11 12 13 14 16 Ketchikan mining district______...AVraugell mining district __ _________________________ IS Production _ __ 19 Geographic sketch of southeastern...southeastern Alaska__________________ 21 Geography of the Ketchikan and Wruugell districts __ _____ 22 General
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INDUSTRIES IN THE UPPER LYNN CANAL AREA ALASKA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR .Douglas McKay,...ELECTROMETALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES IN THE UPPER LYNN CANAL AREA, ALASKA By W. S. Twenhofel Washington, D. C., 1953...ELECTROMETALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES IN THE UPPER LYNN CANAL AREA, ALASKA By w. s. Twenhofel CONTENTS Page Page Abstract..................... . Southeastern Alaska. . . . . . . . . . Prince William Sound . . . . . . . . Cop..... . SoutheasternAlaska ......... . Kantishna district. . . . . . . . . . . . Aleutian Islands .....
Report (issue)
MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. A considerable advance...lode mining was made in southeastern Alaska in 1915. The development consisted in the opening up of large...large bodies of gold-bearing ore, in the installation of mining machinery and power-developing plants for...and in the resumption of operations in a number of copper mines. This revival of activity was felt throughout...throughout the region extending from Ketchikan to Berners Bay. Juneau, which has long ranked as an important
Report (volume)
and Copper Deposits of Kasaan Peninsula Prince of Wales Island Southeastern Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...and Copper Deposits of Kasaan Peninsula Prince of Wales Island Southeastern Alaska By L. A. WARNER, E...OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1961 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...and copper deposits of Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeastern Alaska, by L.A. "'\¥arner...em. (U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 1090) Part of illustrative matter colored, part in pocket. Bibliography:
Report (issue)
LODE MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By CHARLES W. WRIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The results of the developments...the lode mines of southeastern Alaska during the year have been encouraging. Many of the prospects have...output. The Ketchikan district, the most active in these advances, is now an established mining center. In...In the Juneau district considerable progress has been made, though much looked-for development did not...not materialize. Mining interest in the Sitka district was renewed by the discoveries and successful explorations
Report (volume)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY George Otia Smith. Director...Director m 800 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY A. F. BUDDINGTON AND THEODORE CHAPIN... ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAT BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS U. 8. GOVERNMENT..._______________ Scope of report ___.__-_-____-__________-_--__-___-_________ Nature of the field work ____...____ ______________________________ Responsibility of authorship... ______________________________ Acknowledgments
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MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By CHARLES W. WEIGHT. INTRODUCTION. The year 1908 has marked but little...advance in the mining industry of southeastern Alaska as compared with previous years. At some of the gold...gold mines in the Juneau district the Treadwell group and the Perseverance and Eagle River mines a substantial...substantial gain was made and extensive mining and water-power projects have been undertaken which promise...mines of the Ketchikan district, on the other hand, have suffered a considerable setback because of the
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...L E T I N 1246 A n inventory of the mines and )- grosfiects of Alaska and their ' f geologic settings...OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1967 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL...Director Library of Congress catalog-card No. GS 67-279 For o l e by the Superintendent of Documents. U...-----------------------------1 Purpose and scope of report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis...metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska Henry C. Berg* Open-File Report 84-572 This report...standards and stratiaraphic nomenclature. 1 Anchorage, Alaska 1984 CONTENTS Page Abstract.................................................... 7 Organization of report................................................................................... 9 Summary of results.........................................
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MINING IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. By ADOLPH KNOPF. INTRODUCTION. The condition of the mining industry of...of southeastern Alaska during 1909. gaged by the production of gold, silver, and copper, remained substantially...considerable advance. The main line of development consisted in the initiation of large enterprises designed to...continuous improvement in the power-producing facilities of the large mines already in oper­ ation, notably at...Perseverance mine. The final settlement of the protracted litigation that involved a large number of valuable
Report (issue)
FEATURES OF ALASKAN METALLIFEROUS LODES. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. INTRODUCTION. Thirteen years of systematic...investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska by the Geological Survey has yielded a large amount of information...information relating to the geology of the mineral deposits. This has been used for the most part only in...in the descriptions and discussions of the economic geology of the individual districts about which reports...has been paid to the relation of the mineral deposits of different parts of the Territory to one another
Report (volume)
Survey of the Craig Study AreaCraig and Dixon. Entrance Quadrangles and the • Western Edges of the Ketchikan...Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, Southeast Alaska Cover. The Research Vessel Don J. Miller II...supported fieldwork by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska from 1969 to 1985. It was beloved by the many who...mostly in southeast Alaska but also in Prince William Sound, the Alaska Peninsula, and as far afield as...as St. Matthews Island in the Bering Sea. It was named for the eminent Alaska geologist who drowned in
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA BY Henry...Descriptions of metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in southeastern Alaska........................................................ 41 Ketchikan quadrangle............................................................................... 93 Prince Rupert quadrangle...................................... 128 METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By Henry C. Berg, John E. Decker, and
Report (volume)
No. 284 Series A, Economic Geology, 72 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES...DIRECTOR REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS............ i '" ^ " & ^ }- i r * I Progress of surveys.....................^. ..................................................... Southeastern Alaska................................................................................................ Prince William Sound.................................
Report (issue)
THE FUTURE OF ALASKA MINING. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. OUTLINE. The Alaska mining industry, which has turned...a total value of $438,160,000, began in 1880 with the recovery of some $20,000 worth of gold from placers...Juneau. Of this total value 96 per cent is to be credited to the gold and copper deposits, but Alaska mines...iron, molybdenite, and sulphur. The exploitation of Alaska's mineral wealth before the war showed a rather...or less inherent to mining in remote regions. This advance was made in spite of the handicaps imposed
Report (issue)
6 DEPARTMENT FRANKLIN OF THE K. LANE. BUREAU \. INTERIOR Sbcrbtary OF MINES VAN. H. MANNING. ... Director I HE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915 BY SUMNER...SUMNER S. SMITH United States Mine Inspector for Alaska ENGINEERING \Y* WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...FRANKLIN OF THE INTERIOR K. LANE, BUREAU VAN. Secretary OF MINES H. MANNING. Director THE MINING INDUSTRY...TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915 BY SUMNER S. SMITH United Stales Mine Inspector
Report (issue)
MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE KETCHIKAN AND WRANGELL MINING DISTRICTS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. KETCHIKAN DISTRICT...DISTRICT. INTRODUCTION. . Mining operations in the Ketchikan district were conducted on a much larger...Seven copper mines were in operation, and the output of the larger mines was materially increased. Only two...two gold-lode mines were operated during a part of the year, but development work was continued on other...and a large quantity of gold was won from ores mined primarily for copper. Items of more than ordinary
Report (issue)
IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA.1 By GEORGE H. CANFIELD. INTRODUCTION. The streams of Alaska have been important...industrial growth. The success of placer mining in northern and central Alaska has depended primarily on the...hydraulicking and dredging, and in southeastern Alaska water power has long been used by mines, canneries...and other industries, although until recently most of the plants have been small. Since 1906 the United...studies of the water resources of Alaska. Investigations with special reference to placer mining have been
Report (issue)
Jron-Ore Resources of the United States r Including Alaska and Puerto Rico, 1955 By MARTHA S. CARR and...A survey of iron-ore resources of the United States, with selected bibliography and tables of iron-ore...OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1959 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FRED A. SEATON, Secretary GEOLOGICAL... Nolan, Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington...ncipal sources of iron ore___________________________________ Geographi c pattern of iron and steel industry
Report (issue)
LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...Seward Peninsula give promise of coming importance but are as yet for the most part undeveloped. The Big...Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but has not been operated since...shipments of gold ore have been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but...but these were more in the nature of samples for mill tests than commercial shipments. Except on these two
Report (issue)
COSNA-NOWITNA REGION. By HENRY M. EAKDST. INTRODUCTION. The area here called the Cosna-Nowitna region extends southward...Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude of Cosna on the east to Nowitna...fig. 14.) Prior to 1915 the topography and geology of this region were practically unknown except its eastern...had been' FIGURE 14. Index map showing location of Cosna-Nowitna region. traversed by Herron.1 Few...importance. In the summer of 1915 a small Geological Survey party in charge of the writer made a rapid
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF KASAAN ALASKA. Cm•-s W. PENINSULA, • WInGaT. INTRODUCTION. The copperdepositsto...on Kasaan Peninsula,a promontoryon the east side of Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. The...The Peninsula is about I8 mileslong, from 3 to 6 miles wide, and embracesan area of 60 squaremilesbetweenlatitudes55ø...salt water to dome-shaped summits reaching altitudes of I,OOOto 2,5oo feet. This land mass is deeplydissectedby...are sometimesprominent. The occurrenceof copperon Kasaan Peninsulawas known to the Russiansas early as I865
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNDISCOVERED LOCATABLE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE TONGASS...NATIONAL FOREST AND ADJACENT LANDS, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA By David A. Brew U.S. Geological Survey, MS 904...with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive...8 Regional geology 11 Methods 16 Explanation of tables 19 Past mineral-resource production 22...25 Appendix 1. Lists of reference materials pertinent to southeastern Alaska as a whole and to the individual
 
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