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| Bulletin 849 C BY JAMES C. RAY Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931 (Pages 165-229) UNITED STATES...______.__..._..._.__ Special factors affecting mining. ____________________________________ Open season...-.-.-..----------------------------------.-----Mining properties. _._-------_-._-___.-------__-------------...--------Surface plant... ------_.-_--------------.------------Mine development. -____-_-__-_--_..-__------------_....205 IV CONTENTS Economic geology Continued Mining properties Continued Lucky Shot Continued Milling |
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| MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MATANUSKA COAL FIELDS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The only coal-mining...coal-mining activity in the Matanuska Valley in 1919 was the working of the Government-operated mines at Eska...Eska and Chickaloon by the Alaska Engineering Commission in charge of Sumner S. Smith, resident engineer...geology and developments recently published.1 ESKA MINE. The principal operations were at Eska, where an...perpendicular to the creek, which has cut across the beds and has exposed a natural section. The mining by the Alaska |
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| Geology and -Ore Deposits of the : Willow Creek Mining District, Alaska GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1004... Geology and Ore Deposits of the Willow Creek Mining District, Alaska By RICHARD G. RAY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...and economic geology of a lode gold mining district in southern Alaska, with particular emphasis on the...the southwest-dipping joints.---------------Chalcopyrite-molybdenite veins.____--____-_____--____-_ Pyrite-stibnite...mine_________________-___-_-_-____-___._-_--_______ Independence mine.________-_-__-_____--____-_-____---_-______ Fern |
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| GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR 607 THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT ALASKA BY STEPHEN R. CAPPS WASHINGTON GOVEKNMENT...................................... History of mining.......................................................... Willow Creek.l.................................................... Fishhook Creek..................... Mine of Alaska Free Gold Mining Co................................ Mine of Alaska Gold Quartz...Quartz Mining Co............................... Mine of Gold Bullion Mining Co.......................... |
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| INVESTIGATIONS IN THE ALASKA RAILROAD BELT, 1931 BY S. R. CAPPS Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 119-135)...basin____________________________________ Moose Pass-Hope district, Kenai Peninsula._____________________ Girdwood..._____________ Willow Creek district____________.-_-_-________..._________ Valdez Creek district_____...Eielson district ________________________________________ Eureka and vicinity, Kantishna district._____-___-_--___..._____-___-_--___ _______Fairbanks district.___________________________________________ 119 119 121 121 122 |
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| GOLD LODE MINING IN THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT. By STEPHEN R. CAPPS. INTRODUCTION. Gold mining in the Willow...Willow Creek district in 1917 was confined to the exploitation of the quartz lodes, from which almost...gold recovered from this area was gained by placer mining, the workable placers were soon exhausted, and...mines. Two of these mines, the Gold Bullion and the Alaska Free Gold, have been in operation for many years...produced the bulk of the output of the district. The Independence mine, which has for years been a producer |
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| mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. Distribution of mineral occurrences in the Anchorage...Anchorage 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, southcentral Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...REPORT 98-599 ZUSGS science for a changing world Alaska Resource Data File INSET MAP 1 T^'-^-r \ _ -...UAN°22ANOe Alaska Resource Data File AN001 Site name(s): Independence Site type: Mine ARDFno.: AN001...accuracy: West of Fishhook Creek, marked with an adit symbol and labeled 'Independence Mine' on the Anchorage |
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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...in transporting pas73 74 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1922. sengers and freight to the basins of these |
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| INTRODUCTION. Eleven parties were engaged during 1917 in Alaska surveys and investigations. The length of the field...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...Government railroad. 3 4 MINERAL EESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. The following tables show the allotments |
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| projects were under way in preparation for productive mining. In other words, the work of the prospector and...and that of the capitalist, guided by the mining engineer, showed advances during the year. There is good...that the widespread pessimism in regard to the Alaska mining industry that has persisted during the postwar...returns from the exploitation of bonanza placer mining, which are so favorable to local communities, are...improved mining methods. However, in practice these methods require the services of mining engineers |
 | Harlan, Stephen S., Vielreicher, Richard M., Mortensen, James M., Bradley, Dwight C., Goldfarb, Richard J., Snee, Lawrence W., Till, Allison B. (2017) Geology and Timing of Ore Formation in the Willow Creek Gold District, Talkeetna Mountains, Southern Alaska. Economic Geology, 112 (5) 1177-1204 doi:10.5382/econgeo.2017.4506 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| Ore Formation in the Willow Creek Gold District, Talkeetna Mountains, Southern Alaska* Stephen S. Harlan...4 U.S. 5 State Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4626 Key Laboratory of Geological Processes...Abstract The Willow Creek mining district was the third-largest lode gold district in Alaska in the 20th...t of gold from associated placer deposits. The district is located in the southern Talkeetna Mountains...quartz veins hosted by granitic rocks of the Willow Creek pluton. A geochronologic study of granitic rocks |
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| OF TBE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT. By S. R. CAPPS. . INTRODUCTION. The term Willow Creek district is commonly...come to be applied not only to the basin of Willow Creek, which drains most of the western por tion...the mountainous portion of the basin of Little Susitna. River, and it is in this more general sense that...report on the ge0logy and mineral resources of the district. In 1898 G. H. Eldridge and Robert Muldrow,1 of...the United States Geological Survey, ascended Susitna River and crossed the divide to the head of Nenaua |
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| THE FUTURE OF ALASKA MINING. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. OUTLINE. The Alaska mining industry, which has turned...be credited to the gold and copper deposits, but Alaska mines have also produced silver, platinum, palladium...year to year, such as are more or less inherent to mining in remote regions. This advance was made in spite...output of Alaska up to over $48,632,000, a larger amount than that for any other year since mining began...world-wide depression of the gold-mining industry has also greatly affected Alaska. As a consequence the value |
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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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| THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1921. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. GENERAL FEATURES. The value of the total...total mineral production of Alaska in 1920 was $23,303,757; the value in 1921 was $17,004,124. Yet in spite...spite of this tremendous falling off, the mining industry as a whole can be said to have been more prosperous...low price of copper, and no advance of the Alaska copper-mining industry can be expected until there is...the metal. Coal mining shows some growth, though it remains to be proved that Alaska high-grade coal |
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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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| 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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| LODE MINING AND PROSPECTING ON SEWARD PENINSULA. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. The lodes of Seward...most part undeveloped. The Big Hurrah mine, in the Solomon district, produced gold from 1903 to 1907 but...been made from the Sliscovich mine, on Manila Creek, in the Nome district, but these were more in the nature...development is still in the stage of prospecting. Lode mining of some of the semiprecious and base metals, however...GOLD. SLISCOVICH. The Sliscovich mine, near the head of Manila Creek, has been described in some detail |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1920. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. I )...investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska and treating of the mining industry of the Territory, especially...particular district should therefore procure a copy of the complete report on that district as soon as...data. Those who have thus aided include the many mine operators who have made reports on production as...692, 712, and 714. 5 6 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1920. Director and other officers of the United |
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| 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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Cook Inlet-Susitna River region- - - - - - - - - - - _ --- - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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| Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 849 INVESTIGATIONS IN ALASKA RAILROAD BELT, 1931 BY PHILIP S. SMITH AND OTHERS...Ridge district, by R. W. Richards 1 5 and G. A. Waring 1 29 Lode deposits of the Fairbanks district, by...M. Hill The Willow Creek gold lode district, by J. C. Ray1 1.65 The Mount Eielson district, by J. C. Reed1...Kantishna district, by F. G. Wells_ 335 The Girdwood district, by C. F. Park, Jr1 381 The Valdez Creek mining...mining district, by C. P. Ross1 425 The Moose Pass-Hope district, Kenai Peninsula, by Ralph Tuck1 469 ILLUSTRATIONS |
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| Director j-\ II Bulletin 849 INVESTIGATIONS IN ALASKA RAILROAD BELT, 1931 BY PHILIP S. SMITH AND OTHERS...__ Progress of surveys in the Anthracite Ridge district, by R. W. Richards and G. A. Waring._________________...the Fairbanks district, by J. M. Hill____________ The Willow Creek gold lode district, by J. C. Ray_____________...Ray_____________ The Mount Eielson district, by J. C. Reed__________________ Mineral deposits near the West...Eureka and vicinity, Kantishna district, by F. G. Wells_ The Girdwood district, by C. F. Park, Jr____________________ |
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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 March...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...gold placer-mining operations.____--__-__-______-_-__--_---_160 3. Sketch map of Eagle district, showing |
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| MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1930 By PHILIP S. SMITH 1 The mineral industry of Alaska was for many years...the preeminence of mining, though they have by no means displaced the hold that mining has on the welfare...the minerals produced in Alaska is second to that of the fish products, mining developments still hold...most of the residents. Assistance to the mining industry of Alaska has therefore long been recognized as...describing the different mineral commodities or mining camps and setting forth, both in the text and by |
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| Smith, Director Bulletin 813 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1928 BY...Price 40 cents CONTENTS . Mineral industry of Alaska in 1928, by Philip S. Smith._______-___ Administrative...by S. R. Capps____________________ Mining in the Fortymile district, by J. B. Mertie, jr_______-_ _-______...Selected list of Geological Survey publications on Alaska.______________ Page 1 73 97 125 143 165 I ILLUSTRATIONS...1. Sketch map of the Chakachamna-Stony region, Alaska, showing areas in which timber occurs...'_--____-__--_- |
