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| MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RAMPART AND HOT SPRINGS DISTRICTS ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. BY A. E. WATERS...WATERS, JR. Mineral resources of Alaska. 1931 (Pages 163-246) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE... CONTENTS Mineral deposits of the Rampart and Hot Springs districts, by J. B. Mertie, Jr.______-------...____________-___--_____---__________-____163 Location of area._________--___-----_----___-___---_-_-_-163 Early...district_-_____----_--_-_---_-______________-_ 174 Minook Creek._-______-_-____----_.____________-_ 174 Hunter |
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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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| Tofty Tin Belt Manley Hot Springs District, Alaska By RUSSELL G. WAYLAND MINERAL GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES...RESOURCES SURVEY OF ALASKA BULLETIN 1058-I Occurrence and exploitation of r;assiterite-bearing gold..._______________ ------____ 369 370 374 Cache Creek---------------------------------------------Dalton...----- _______________________ -------______ Sullivan Creek-------------------------------------------Tofty...Gulch______________________________________________ Deep Creek----------------------------------------------VVoodchopper |
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| MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By THEODORE CHAPIN. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The mineral production of...of the Fairbanks district in 1917 included placer gold, valued at $1,310,000; lode gold, valued at $47...failures would doubtless have resulted. Quartz mining showed a slight increase, which in large part was...made small outputs. On the whole the gold quartz mining was insignificant. The production of antimony in...FAIRBANKS CREEK. The Crites & Feldman mine and mill, on Moose Creek, a tributary of Fairbanks Creek, were |
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| RAMPART AND HOT SPRINGS REGIONS. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. The Rampart and Hot Springs gold-placer...triangular area lying between Yukon and Tanana rivers west of longitude 150°. The Rampart district lies north...of the divide, on Minook Creek and its tributaries; the Hot Springs district includes the basins of Baker...which flow directly into the Tanana, and American Creek, which flows into Fish Lake. The region comprises...also the territory lying within a few miles of the Yukon as far west as longitude 154°, which is included |
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| OTHER MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC METALLOGENIC PROVINCES IN ALASKA (WEST OF THE 141st MERIDIAN) By Jeffrey Y. Foley1...Mines, Alaska Field Operations Center. Present address: 3301 C Street, Suite 525, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503-3935...western Alaska Western Brooks Range metallogenic province Seward Peninsula and western Yukon-Koyukuk Basin...province Northern Yukon-Koyukuk Basin margin metallogenic province Southeastern Yukon-Koyukuk Basin margin...margin and Ruby Geanticline metallogenic province Yukon-Tanana Uplands Livengood-Tofty metallogenic province |
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| TIN MINING IN ALASKA. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. The first discovery of stream tin in Alaska was...Geological Survey in 1900 on Buhner Creek, in the York district, which occupies the western extremity...finding commercial bodies of tin in this part of Alaska, and in 1901 and 1902 considerable prospecting...relatively small scale. Since 1911 the dredge on Buck Creek has operated successfully each season, and in 1914...River, in the eastern part of the York district.2 Lode mining has been carried on to a greater or less |
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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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| EECONNAISSANCE OF A PART OF THE EAMPART QUADRANGLE ALASKA BY HENRY M. EAKIN WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING.......... Mining in 1911..................................................... Rampart district................. Hunter Creek.............................................. little Minook Creek..................25 26 28 28 28 28 29 30 34 35 35 35 35 35 Quail Creek............................................... 3...Continued. . Gold Continued. Mining in 1911 Continued. Page. Hot Springs district........................ |
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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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| OF THE NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256)...drainage in northern Koyukuk region__.____._ Page 252 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN KOYUKUK VALLEY By ROBERT...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...the headwater region of the Koyukuk River, the large tributary of the Yukon from the north that rises in...into the Arctic Ocean. Surveys of parts of the Koyukuk region have been made by the Geological Survey |
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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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| RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE MANLEY HOT SPRINGS-RAMPART DISTRICT EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1948 This report concerns...RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE MANLEY HOT SPRINGS-RAMPART DISTRICT, EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1948 By Robert M. Moxham...RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE MANLEY HOT SPRINGS-RAMPART DISTRICT, EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1948 By Robert M. Moxham...investigated...................... -3 Hot Springs Dome area............. 3 Hot Springs Dome leadsilver deposit.....Areas investigated Continued Hot Springs Dome area Cont. Granite at Hot Springs Dome.... Tofty tin belt. |
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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...there has been some production of cassiterite. from placer operations in the York region since 1902. In...In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two dredges...River in 1914 for the recovery of both gold and cassiterite but were operated only during that and the following |
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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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| 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 |
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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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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1918. By G. C. MAIM-IN AXD OTHERS. PREFACE. By G. C. MARTIX. This volume...of annual bulletins l treating of the mining industry of Alaska and summarizing the results achieved during...particular district should therefore procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon as-it...others of the series, contains an account of the mining industry, including statistics of mineral production...shall serve as" convenient reference works on the mining industry for the years which they cover. It is |
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| production and reserve grades source, fineness, mining methods, other economic commodities and general...is useful for analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits...commodity other than gold, i. e. diamonds or cassiterite. Other deposits contain potential for production...varies from area to area. Individual workings are not included if deposit or district data are presented...gold production for the central Brooks Range, Alaska exceeded the total as reported by deposit. -2- |
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| NOTES ON MINING IN SEWARD PENINSULA. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. No party from the Geological...During that time he obtained some notes on the mining industry, and these, supplemented by reports in...the amount of winter mining; second, a general decrease in the number of mining operations except dredging;...development of the ancient beaches at Nome winter mining was important, for labor was cheap, the physical...sluicing in the summer) and consequently this form of mining has decreased. It is estimated that the winter |
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| TIN RESOURCES OF ALASKA. By FRANK L. HESS. The peculiar deficiency of the United States in tin deposits...perennial interest. Tin was first discovered in Alaska on Buhner Creek, Mar York, OH Seward Peninsula, in 1900...occurred here as stream tin, or rolled pebbles of cassiterite, and was found in sluicing for gold. The next...found on Buck Creek, which is separated from Buhner Creek by a low divide. In 1903 cassiterite (tin oxide)...granite porphyry dikes cutting limestones on Cassiterite Creek, a tributary of Lost River, about 100 miles |
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| Mendenhall, Director ^\ * Bulletin 872 THE YUKON-TANANA REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. UNITED STATES...relief__-______-____--_--------------_--_-_------- 12* Yukon Valley. ----------------------------------------Tanana...Valley..-. -_..._--------------------_---------.-Yukon-Tanana plateau___.----_--_--_---_-_-_-__--.__-____...rocks___________________________________________ Birch Creek schist and associated meta-igneous rocks.-.-_. Tindir...system_____---__--------------------------_--Fossil Creek volcanics.___.____.__-___-__._------___.__ Silurian |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION TRAVERSED BY THE ALASKA RAILROAD. By STEPHEN R. CAPPS. INTRODUCTION. ...bridge across Tanana Kiver, in March, 1923, the Alaska Railroad, begun in 1915, was opened for direct...Pacific coast, and Fairbanks, in the heart of central Alaska, a distance of 468 miles (fig. 1). Rarely has ...showing location of the region traversed by the Alaska Railroad. the construction of a railroad of this...but those great navigable rivers, the Yukon, Tanana, and Koyukuk, are all connected by boat service with |
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| 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...sedimentary members of the Permian rocks on Baultoff Creek, about 4 miles southeast of the pass to East Fo |
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| GeologicReconnaissanceof a Part of the Rampart Quadrangle, Alaska. No. By HENRY M. EAKIN. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv...Rampart and Hot Springs district which include most of the triangular area between the Yukon and Tanana...and a strip of territory on the north side of the Yukon that extends nearly to longitude 154°. The base...Eocene time, "evidence of which is widespread in Alaska." The strata are considerably folded and faulted...production of the Rampart district is decreasing while that of the Hot Springs district is rapidly increasing |
