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Copper from
Miles Ridge, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada


Locality type:Ridge
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Miles Ridge, Whitehorse mining district, Yukon, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:649965
Long-form Identifier:1:3:649965:5
GUID (UUID V4):78a4d1f2-34b6-4373-bb5c-039355fe306d
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
46.5km (28.9 miles) Sulzer; Cosmopolitan Group; O'Hara Property Prospect, Chisana Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USA
49.2km (30.6 miles) Kletson Creek Prospect, Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
50.4km (31.3 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC111; head of Kletson Creek), Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
61.5km (38.2 miles) Bonanza Creek; Little Eldorado Creek; Skookum Creek; Coarse Money Creek; Snow Gulch Mine, Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
62.8km (39.0 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC113; head of Giffin Glacier), Nizina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
63.6km (39.5 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - MC105; head of Sheep Creek), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) Bryan Creek Mine, Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
67.4km (41.9 miles) Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MC008; near head of Geohenda Creek), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
70.6km (43.9 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - MC101; east of lower Russell Glacier), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - MC098; south of Middle Fork of the White River), Chisana Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...has elapsed since T . Sterry Hunt in Geology of Canada, 1863 , presented the first descriptive list of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
692 NOTES AND NEWS HEAZLEWOODITEFROM MILES RIDGB, YUKON TERRITORY Vr-anrrrrn S. Peeezrr, University...near the top of Miles Ridge, about 10 miles east of the Alaska-Yukon boundary and 2 miles west of the Alaska...peridotite dyke, about 200 feet wide and several miles long, which cuts a series of silicified tuffs and...native copper are found in limestone pebbles in some of the creeks. The locality at Miles Ridge is part...part of the nickel-bearing belt extending from the Yukon-Alaska boundary southeast through the White River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of Triassic flood basalts from the Yukon (Canada) segment of the accreted Wrangellia oceanic...British Columbia, Canada V6T1Z4 Yukon Geological Survey, 2099-2nd Ave, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada Y1A2C6 a r...as a linear belt (b 30 km × 300 km) in southwest Yukon. The first major- and trace-element, and isotopic...isotopic compositions of the Nikolai Formation in Yukon are presented here, along with compositions for underlying...underlying Paleozoic arc rocks. The Nikolai Formation in Yukon is predominantly massive tholeiitic subaerial flows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ores, is about 1:50 for massive including native copper, valleriite, and cobaltian ore and 1: 8 for matrix...Soles, 1966 muscovite Gander R., Newfoundland district, Australia New Zealand 1942 Deloro township...Italy Balangero, Italy Porcupine district, Ontario Porcupine district, Ontario National Asbestos mine...liz-clinochlore sp-br Kraubath, Austria Miles Ridge, Yukon Territory New Idria, California Nicolet mine...expectation extending by conventional nickel is that copper-bearing assemblages, like the nickel- sulfur contentsrepresented
Report (volume)
13. British Columbia ores, zoning: Geology in Canada: Hume, G. S., Gunning, H. G., 5. California, southern...the future: Just, E. ing: Burwell, E. B., Jr., 4. Mining geology, retrospect and Index fossils: Stephenson...United Alaska, evaluation of soil and States and Canada: Levorsen, permafrost conditions: Frost, A. I....Ordovician: Bowen, O. E., Jr. , 5. Clark, T. H., 10. Canada, arctic, physiography, Rocks, minerals, and man:...Hagar, L. L., 11. D. J. Rocky Mtn. geosyncline in Canada: Colorado Plateau: Wengerd, Warren; P. S., 4. S
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
native copper are found in limestone pebbles in some of the creeks. The locality at Miles Ridge is part...part of the nickel-bearing belt extending from the Yukon-Alaska boundary southeast through the White River...River pyrrhotite showing to the Hudson Bay nickel-copper property at Quill Creek, and possibly farther....PLATINUM? Meryen,l Queen's Unitersity, Onlario, Canada. Kingston, Niggliite, named by Scholtz (1936)...GeophysicsLimited, 36 Cranfield Road, Toronto, Canada. 694 NOTES AND NEWS accordingto Niggli (in
Report (volume)
M.E., Mining Geology Geophysics Div. Ann. Mtg., Abs. Tech. PapersAmerican Institute of Mining and Metallurgical...Metallurgical Engineers, · Mining Geology Geophysics Division Annual Meeting, Abstracts of Technical Papers...New York. A.I.M.E. Trans.-American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Transactions. New York...Calif. Canada Dominion Observatory Pub.-Canada Dominion Observatory Publications. Ottawa. Canada Geol.... Survey Bull.; Geophysics Paper; Mem.; Paper-Canada Geological Survey Bulletin; Geophysics Paper; Memoir;
Book (volume)
DR. RICHARD Professor of Geology and Freiberg Mining BECK Economic Geology Academy Translated and...Institution of Mining Engineers (England) Member American ; Member Institute of Mining and Metallurgy;...Washington Academy of Science, etc., etc. Institute of Mining Engineers; WITH 272 FIGURES AND A MAP FIRST...ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 1905 Copyright, 1905, by THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL EPIGENETIC... which dip southwest at 41^, together with the copper-bearing layer of this formation, show a displacement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
T. .. . 308 Ardennite from the Grants uranium district, New Mexico (Sun, 363 Weber) 338 Arnold, D. C...Differentiation trends in Loring intrusives of Canada (Friedman) 31S Directional grinding hardness in...concentration of 315 (Fairbairn) Heazlewooditefrom Miles Ridge, Yukon TerritorY (PaPezik). . . 692 Heinrich, E...tional correction for leadLoring intrusives of Canada, difuranium and lead-leadage calferentiation trends...i n ,n . j . W . .. . 779 Llama bones with lead-copper "Mechanism of solution of quartz mineralization
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEV OF CANADA COMMISSION GEOLOGIQUE DU CANADA CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS Revised 1980... Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1983 Available i n Canada through authorized bookstore agents...and Services Canada Hull, QuCbec, Canada K I A OS9 and from Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth Street...Street Ottawa, Canada K 1A OE8 A deposit copy of this publication is also available for reference in public...public libraries across Canada Cat. No. M44-801 l8E Canada: $10.00 ISBN 0-660-11271-6 Other countries:
Report (volume)
possessions of the United States, the provinces of Canada, and well-known areas like the Atlantic Coastal...are: ALABAMA, ALBERTA, CANADA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, NEVADA, and UNITED STATES. CANADA and UNITED STATES are...gas potentialities would be indexed only under CANADA and not under each province discussed in the paper...the common economic minerals and metals, such as COPPER, GOLD, MICA, and SILVER, and other geologic entries...and have not been searched completely. A.I.M.E., Mining Geology Geophysics Div. Ann. Mtg., Abs. Tech. Papers;
Book (edition)
Australia Nelson Canada I 120 Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario MIK 5G4, Canada 4I-1'-lq 16 15 ...Presmyk MA = Wallace Mann MC National Museum of Canada MJ Martin Jensen ~ """ . MP Michael P. Cooper MR...especially iron, manganese, titanium, chromium, and copper. Despite its many variations and complexities,... Journal of the J\1ineralogical Association of Canada. Clay Mineralogy, by R. E. Grim (NlcGrav1-H ill...alteration of color and luster; found especially in copper minerals. tektosilicate Type of silicate crystal
Book (edition)
Australia Nelson Canada 1120 Birchmount Road Scarborough, Ontario MIK 5G4, Canada GQiefd4 Gi 1S ie...Menezes Les Presmyk Wallace Mann National Museum of Canada Martin Jensen Michael P. Cooper Mark Rogers Marshall...especially iron, manganese, titanium, chromium, and copper. Despite its many variations and complexities,...Mineralogist, Journal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada. Clay Mineralogy, by R. E. Grim (McGraw-Hill, 1968)...alteration of color and luster; found especially in copper minerals. tektosilicate Type of silicate crystal
Book (edition)
Department of Mineralogy Royal Ontario Museum.Toronto. Canada ~VANNOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY ~ NEW YORK CINCINNATI...New York, N.Y. 10001 Published simultaneously in Canada by Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd. 15 14 13 12 11 10...TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). .. ' FOREWORD In its descriptive...especially iron, manganese, titanium, chromium, and copper. Despite its many variations and complexities,...Mineralogist, Journal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada. "Calculated X-ray Powder Patterns for Silicate
Book
Highlands, 72 Piedmont Province, 88 Blue Ridge Province, 100 Ridge and Valley Province, 109 New England...Isinglassy Kind, some two or three, or Halfa Dozen Miles broad; rising generally some small Matter higher...Kind of Stone, is the Distance of 50, 60 or 70 miles of very can learn, To the North Westward of the...themselves. To look Hills, called South Mountain [Blue Ridge], there uneven Ground, rising sensibly as you...different Kinds of Soil and Substrata, some Scores of Miles in Length; and in some Places overlaid with little
Report (issue)
Copies of this report may be purchased from: District Chief U.S. Geological Survey 840 Market Street...Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Mining and Reclamation Robert Agnew Bureau of Radiation...Plateaus, the Ridge and Valley, the Blue Ridge, the New England, and the Piedmont (fig. 2). The Ridge and Valley...lithology of the underlying bedrock (fig. 3). The Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province is predominantly...carbonate valleys forms the Great Valley Section of the Ridge and Valley Province. The Piedmont Physiographic
Book (edition)
All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. Reproduction or translation or any part of this...Ercit: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California...to opaque materials imperfectly metallic Gold, copper, tin The luster of diamond, other materials of...Sectile Flexible Elastic Brittle Gold, silver, copper Chlorargylite, chalcocite Tale Mica Characteristic...with the fingernail, as gypsum Just scratched by a copper coin, but not normally scratched by the fingernail
Book (edition)
common are malleable (e.g gold). ductile (e.g. copper). sectile (e.g. chalcocite). elastic Optical co11sta11ts...dept. (departement), dept. (departamento), dist. (district). Less common terms are not abbreviated, e.g....USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada, generally well known to readers. However, the...aggregates. Blackish gray, tarnishing brown to copper red, opaque, Juster metallic, streak grayish black...domeykite in ankerite cross veins in deposits of native copper in melaphyres of Keweenaw Penin., northern Michigan
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
S, for 29 angles less than 70°. Nickel-filtered copper radiation. Intensity scale is linear. M 1 _ X...an occurrence of heazlewoodite at Miles Ridge, Yukon Territory, Canada. Picot (1959) discussed heazlewoodite...Studies of ore specimens from Temagami, Ontario, Canada, containing gersdorffite, massive millerite, and...1935. The linnaeite group of cobalt-nickel-iron-copper sulfides. Amer. Min. 20, 69-80. URASOV, G. G.,...PAPEZIK, V. S., 1955. Heazlewoodite from Miles Ridge, Yukon Territory. Amer. Min. 40, 692-3. PEACOCK
Book (volume)
mica was over 200 miles away and the nearest occurrence of obsidian over 1500 miles away in the region...now famous Australian opal locality of Lightning Ridge, New South 384, line 4. Wales, was discovered. In...Table. The analysis given here reports too little copper (CuO). specimen of turquois must have been contaminated...stone in determination of specific gravity 3. 4. mining for specific gravity 19 . .... .... .... ...of diamond in South diamond when 41 i 50 60 district, Brazil . 4', in . Crystalline forms of
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN The district between the historic city of Durham and the industrial...of the exposed coalfield where long-continued mining has left its characteristic impact on the scenery...rolling country marred only locally by the effects of mining. Quarrying of dolomite in huge quarries along the...forms the second major extractive industry of the district. Both Coal Measures andfPermo-Triassic rocks...first comprehensive geological account of the district. Jacket picture: Reef dolomite, Black Halls
Book
Drake, Jr. 51 IB. Geology of the Valley and Ridge Province between Delaware Water Gap and Lehigh Gap...discontinuously, cover an area of about 20 square miles. Textural analyses indicate that the largest kaolinite...identity. As with the unit retains its identity, miles and, thereafter, can only be identified by other...samples only and did not persist in wells only a few miles downdip. In outcrop, the Cohansey was found to consistently...resulted from a minor regression of, at best, a few miles and was of short duration. The conclusion was thus
Report (volume)
Sub-Himalayan Country between the Ganges = eight miles Scale one inch ... Part ... 206 II. Plates... ... 62 ... 63 79 ,, 9. Section through ridge at Sabathu ... ... ... „ 10. Section at Dundelee...the result of an examination of that important district, made during 1858-60. When, in 1856, the duties...proprietors of open out this valuable mineral district been the case, led to collieries, more and...of myself over all A large portion of the district, specially for was resumed Mr. W. field,
Journal (volume)
Indigg tone Graves ia a oe ERS Discoveries Canada: isl n thẹ Extinct of Fossil Fishes u reece...Pee see i aa at: wees wey Charles? RAW ss The Mining Regionsof Southern New Mexico. Recent Dei Di....65 Mineralogy—The Mechanical Samarskite from Canada, 76; The Separation Cryolite of Minerals, ... latu: v Tin in Alabama, 315; Telluriferous Copper, 315; ro The Nomen- ; Charo Precipitant for...Legends of the Iroquois, 451 American ica, 453; Copper Artefacts; 452; Cann balism in New Babylonian
 
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