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Gold from
Quartz Creek Mine, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, 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 Quartz Creek Mine, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:587919
Long-form Identifier:1:3:587919:9
GUID (UUID V4):d5c1a79e-bd79-455e-aa26-630fabcff879
Nearest other occurrences of Gold
9.1km (5.6 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - VA056), Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.7km (6.0 miles) Quartz Creek; Quartz Creek Gold Mining Co. Prospect, Tonsina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.9km (6.2 miles) Hurtle Creek Prospect, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Fourth of July Creek Mine, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
13.2km (8.2 miles) Wetzier; Quail Group Mine, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
14.5km (9.0 miles) Telluride Prospect, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - VA071; near Squaw Creek), Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
17.0km (10.5 miles) Manker Creek Prospect, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) Kimball Pass Prospect (west), Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
18.0km (11.2 miles) Fall Creek Mine, Nelchina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (volume)
Geochemical Survey of the Valdez 1°X3 o Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska Cover. View to southwest of...host for numerous gold-bearing vein deposits including those of the Bremner district, just beyond the... Geochemical Survey of the Valdez 1°X3 o Quadrangle, South-Central Alaska By Richard J. Goldfarb, J.... Geochemical survey of the Valdez 1°X3° quadrangle, south-central Alaska I by Richard J. Goldfarb, J...Supt. of Docs. no.: I 19.3:B2084 1. Geochemistry-Alaska-Chugach Mountains Region. 2. Ore-depositsAlaska-Chugach
Report (issue)
of Surface-Water Records to September 30, 1967 Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 585 0 Index of...of Surface-Water Records to September 30, 1967 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Washington...1967 Alaska By H. P. Eisenhuth INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which...Circular 516. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-sup1ly...1961, th~ Alaska district issues a report annually containing streamflow records for Alaska, In addition
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INTRODUCTION This report lists the streamflow stations in Alaska for which records have been or are to be published...Geological Survey. Basic data on surface-water supply of Alaska have been published in bulletins or water-supply...beginning in 1961, the Alaska district issues annually a report streamflow records for Alaska. WSP 1640 1720...station in this part is 15258000. DRAINAGE AREA The drainage area, in square miles, is the latest figure...there are no low-flow partial-re-::ord stations in Alaska. A date followed by only a dash shows that the
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WATER-QUALITY RECORDS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1978 SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA O U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ,8of 80-600 30 OPEN-FILE...11 - Merchinson Falls should be Merchison Falls Creek. Page 21 - Line 4 - Station 15241530 name should...SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA ?c-Gee) / ?g', By Patsy J. Still OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-600 Anchorage, Alaska 1980 UNITED...Division 733 West 4th Avenue, Suite 400 Anchorage, Alaska 99501 CONTENTS Page Introduction Explanation...table Station identification Name Location Drainage area Streamflow stations Water-quality stations Period
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Director Bulletin 866 GEOLOGY OF THE TONSINA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...__--.---__-_--_-_-_-__-__________-_____.__ Hurtle Creek--._.________._________________ Boulder Creek___...Creek________________________________ Stuart Creek.--------------------.-.----_._......----.--..... Other prospects...the Tonsina district, Alaska.. In pocket FIGURE 1. Plan and elevation of auriferous quartz veins and exploratory...Wetzler claims on Hurtle Creek._______ 28 2. Sketch map to show the relation of gold-bearing veins, dikes
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...zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological
Report (issue)
A diamond-drill crew explores the Johnson River gold-polymetallic deposit near Iliamna volcano about...(997,542 tonnes) grading 10.35 grams per tonnes gold, 7.84 grams per tonnes silver, 8.37% zinc, 1.17%...developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...later than the enclosing rocks) textures in the quartz-sulfide stockwork of the Johnson River deposit...fine) gold nuggets recovered from Silverado Mines Inc. openpit and underground placer gold mine operations
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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MINERAL EESODRCES OF ALASKA IN 1911. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. The...The mineral industry of Alaska is, for the most part, in a stage of development where the results of...completed. Hence, those interested in any particular district are urged to procure a copy of the complete report...previously issued, summarizes the conditions of the mining industry and presents statistics of production...as condensed statements of the progress of the mining industry for the years which they cover. The fund
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Director °\ 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)
From Lode-Gold Mineral Occurrences in the Chugach-Prince William Terrane of Southern Alaska by Peter...endorsement by the U.S. Government. Anchorage, Alaska 1993 Abstract This report and map represent a...of previously published structural data from lode-gold mineral occurrences in the Chugach-Prince William...orocline west of Prince William Sound, the gold-bearing quartz veins are oriented perpendicular to the regional...the structural fabric. Most gold-quartz veins are found within the Valdez Group, but a small number lie
Report (issue)
has long attached to deposits of iron ore in an area that centers about 25 miles northwest of Nome. A...groups of claims are held in the iron-bearing district. Three of these the Mogul, Monarch, and Galena...height of land between Sinuk Eiver and Washington Creek, a south tributary of the Sinuk. The American group...four claims, is west of Sinuk River below American Creek, and the Cub Bear group, also of four claims, crosses...crosses the divide between Washington Creek and Cripple River. Heavily iron-stained blossom occurs at
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE CHITINA DISTRICT. By FRED H. MOFFIT. INTRODUCTION. The year of 1909 was one of expectation...expectation and preparation in the Chitina district. The subject of greatest interest to those concerned with...construction of the new railroad up Copper River from Cordova, and all work on the copper prospects, as well...quantity of supplies sent in over the trail from Valdez in the early part of the year, the number of men...operations on the gold-bearing gravels of Chititu and Dan creeks in the eastern part of the district were carried
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- ______________________________________________
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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............... Location ................ Drainage area .......... Streamflow stations .... Water-quality...Southeast Alaska hydrologic subregion .... South-central Alaska hydrologic subregion Southwest Alaska hydrologic
Report (issue)
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_______...location of gold placer-mining operations___________________ 3. Sketch showing location of placer-mining claims...claims on Long Creek, in the Ruby district___________________ 4. Sketch map of Cripple, Ophir, Tolstoi,
Report (issue)
Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 857 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1932 BY...WASHINGTON : 1934 CONTENTS Page Mineral industry of Alaska in 1932, by P. S. Smith____________ Selected list...Alaska________ Past placer-gold production from Alaska, by P. S. Smith___ The Curry district, by Ralph Tuck_____________________...Tuck_____________________ Notes on the geology of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, by S. R. Capps...________ Core drilling for coal in the Moose Creek area, by G. A. Waring____ Index_____________ ___ _
Report (issue)
COSNA-NOWITNA REGION. By HENRY M. EAKDST. INTRODUCTION. The area here called the Cosna-Nowitna region extends southward...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...Geologic mapping was extended over practically the same area. The resulting maps will be published in connection...the eastern part. Still farther east, beyond the area surveyed, several small isolated ranges and hills
Report (issue)
MINING IN THE LOWER COPPER RIVER BASIN, By FRED H. MOFFIT. COPPER MINING IN CHITINA VALLEY. INTRODUCTION...activity of the copper market is reflected in the district by increased interest in prospecting for copper...are described in detail.. The copper ores of the district extending from Kotsina River to Nizina are chiefly...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone)...basin of the Kotsina, however, includes Elliott Creek, one of its lower tributaries, which by position
Report (issue)
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...Anikovik River in 1914 for the recovery of both gold and cassiterite but were operated only during that...following season. A second dredge was installed on Buck Creek in 1915 and has worked each summer since that date
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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...Iron---------------------------_---_- ....................... 11 Gold and copper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
resource tracts in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska By Steven W. Nelson1 and Marti L. Miller2 Open-File...Past gold production has come from the Kenai Peninsula and the Girdwood, Port Wells, and Valdez areas...by-product gold and silver have been produced from mines at Ellamar, on Latouche Island, and near Valdez. Many...out and contain significant inferred reserves of gold, copper, lead, zinc, and silver. This report outlines...Chugach-type low-sulfide goldquartz veins, (3) placer gold, and (4) polymetallic vein. The U.S. Bureau of Mines
Report (issue)
Division of Mining & Water Management FRONT COVER Top left: From late 199] to 1993 Cambior Alaska Inc. constructed...Phase one channeled the stream around the open-pit mine operations. During the stream diversion the company...flow, and fish populations. When the mine closed, Valdez Creek was diverted back to its original location...excavation work on Pit A-8 of Valdez Creek gold mine operated by Cambior Alaska Inc. as it appeared in early...Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14,279 kilograms) of refined gold from the
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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...-.. ._.._..........__._.__._.._._.__.... 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
 
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