 | | Report (issue) | | 849 B LODE DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________..._____-___-______-_-----____-__-_--___.-____ Gold lode deposits----_-----__-_--_--_-----__--_-_---_-------...structure...-_____-_-_-_____-_-.___ Minerals of the lode deposits.___-___-_____-_-_------------Sampling.... IV CONTENTS Economic geology Continued Gold lode deposits Continued Mines and prospects...------ |  | | 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...spring containing iron-rich filamentous algae on the North Fork of the Fortymile River. This is part of a multi-year...on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY |  | Verplanck, Philip L., Mueller, Seth H., Goldfarb, Richard J., Nordstrom, D. Kirk, Youcha, Emily K. (2008) Geochemical controls of elevated arsenic concentrations in groundwater, Ester Dome, Fairbanks district, Alaska. Chemical Geology, 255 (1) 160-172 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.06.020 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | concentrations in groundwater, Ester Dome, Fairbanks district, Alaska Philip L. Verplanck a,⁎, Seth H. Mueller...Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, United States A R T I C L E I...Arsenic Fairbanks, Alaska A B S T R A C T Ester Dome, an upland area near Fairbanks, Alaska, was chosen...sampling. Ester Dome lies within the Fairbanks mining district, where gold-bearing quartz veins, typically...% sulfide minerals (arsenopyrite, stibnite, and pyrite), have been mined both underground and in open |  | | 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...quality, stream flow, and fish populations. When the mine closed, Valdez Creek was diverted back to its original...work on Pit A-8 of Valdez Creek gold mine operated by Cambior Alaska Inc. as it appeared in early August...August 1994. From 1984 to 1995 Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14,279 kilograms) |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...$47,781; placer silver, valued at $6,904; lode silver, valued at $1,827; and lead, tungsten, and antimony...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | LODE MINING IN THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT. By J. B. MEIITIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION. Gold lode mining in the Fairbanks...Fairbanks district continued in 1916, with a small production. The cost of power and supplies has increased...await the coming of the Government railroad to Fairbanks, the expectation being that this will effect a...Cheaper power is perhaps the most urgent need of the lode mines, and the Government railroad, by making available...difficulty. Eight gold lode mines, however, were operated in the Fairbanks district in 1916, producing gold |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | their apparent convergence with socalled mesothermal lode gold deposits (Groves et al., 1989; Kerrich, 1991;...syenite 309(?)/NA Au-Te-Pb-ZnCu Back arc Ryan Lode (Canada) 26 t Au Ester Dome: granodiorite, granite...copper and subsidiary gold (3 g/t) at the Delirio mine in its southern part, gold (4-6 g/t) until recently...from its central part and mercury at the Azogues mine, formerly Chile’s principal mercury producer, in...1950; Ruiz et al., 1965). The vein is hosted by a north-striking, steeply dipping fault (Fig. 1) that is |  | | Report (issue) | | developed, the deposit will be mined by underground mining methods. The deposit is part of lands owned by...placer gold mine operations on the Eureka and Mary's bench depositsin the Koyukuk-Nolan district of northern...northern Alaska. The center nugget weighs 41.35 ounces (1,286 grams) and is unofficially the tenth largest...placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten...in the world. In 1994 the mine, which has been operated by Cambior Alaska Inc., produced 47,622 ounces |  | | Report (issue) | | known Ho contain antimony ora in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, and inset showing the location of deposits...Abstract Antimony-bear ing ores in the Fairbanks district, Alaska, are found principally in two areas,...points 10 miles west and £3 miles northeast of Fairbanks; and one of two minor areas lies along this same... ores were exposed largely as a result of lode gold mining, but at two periods in the past, high prices...economic faetors, which greatly affect prospecting and mining for stibnite ore in the area, are outlined. The |  | | Report (issue) | | LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By THEODORE CHAPIN. INTRODUCTION. The occurrence of auriferous quartz veins...for a number of years, but until recently quartz mining has received relatively little attention. In the...however, considerable interest has been ta.ken in lode prospecting. A number of producing mines are in...now being opened. 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the...produced in 1912. The estimate of the value of the gold-lode production in 1913, based on incomplete returns |  | Rhys, David, DiMarchi, Jack, Smith, Moira, Friesen, Robert, Rombach, Cameron (2003) Structural setting, style and timing of vein-hosted gold mineralization at the Pogo deposit, east central Alaska. Mineralium Deposita, 38 (7) 863-875 doi:10.1007/s00126-003-0372-1 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralization at the Pogo deposit, east central Alaska Received: 24 March 2002 / Accepted: 1 April 2003...biotite-bearing shear veins; (2) white quartz veins with pyrite-arsenopyrite bands, referred to as main stage quartz...associated with mid-Cretaceous magmatic suites of Alaska and the Yukon in the Tintina Gold Belt (Smith 2000)...at the Pogo deposit in east-central Alaska, 145 km east of Fairbanks (Fig. 1), one of the largest known...Resources Inc., 3520 International Way, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA M. Smith Æ R. Friesen TeckCominco Ltd |  | | Report (issue) | | LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. The inevitable depletion of easily mined...mined placer deposits near Fairbanks and the consequent availability of both men and money for other enterprises...enterprises has given an impetus to prospecting for lode deposits which has resulted in the opening of some...productive mines. The writer visited the lode-mining district late in the open season of 1912 to study...investigations here recorded were devoted exclusively to mining developments. The writer is under deep obligations |  | | Report (issue) | | nes, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 6 I50" ctf o3 S _ --1.G184 LG1B6 ctf LG030...occurrences in the Livengood 1:250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...(907) 786-7424. This compilation is authored by: Alaska 03 'B- ' ** o £2 0) j 1 Q o C/5 14- ...^! Curtis J. Freeman and Janet Schaefer Fairbanks, Alaska C^ '*s*^__^r*&*'' Location of map ar«a In...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade, product |  | | Report (volume) | | THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT...PRINDLE AND F. J. KATZ AND AN ACCOUNT OF LODE MINING NEAR FAIRBANKS BY PHILIP S. SMITH WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...BROOKS_________________________ GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, by L. M. PKINDLE ________________...the Yukon-Tanana region 17 Geography of the Fairbanks quadrangle _ _ _ _ _______ 18 Position and...__________________________ Tanana lowland _ ____ , Upland north of the Tanana.._______________ Yukon Flats_____ |  | | Report (issue) | | 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...selected nonmetal1iferous deposits, both lode and placer, in central Alaska. Specifically excluded are the fossil...government and private sectors, discussions with mine operators, and the firsthand knowledge of the authors |  | | Report (volume) | | Significant Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS...Data Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin...No.: 119.3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series...COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...copper in North America from 1913 to 1938. See deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 |  | | Report (issue) | | HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...the Nome district." Hess mentions 3 that Goldbottom Creek in the Nome district, Fred Gulch, north of Mount...Mountain in 1902 and on Lost Eiver the following year. Mining operations have been carried on at both localities...p. 157, 1906. 353 354 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. River assessment work has been done annually...corporations which did .some mining, milling! the ore in a small test mill at the mine on Cassiterite Creek. |  | Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Grybeck, D.J., Koch, R.D., Eremin, R.A., Rozenblum, I.S., Sidorov, A.A., Byalobzhesky, S.G., Sosunov, G.M., Shpikerman, V.I., Gorodinksy, M.E. (1993) Metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the Russian Northeast. Open-File Report Vol. 1993 (93-339) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr93339 | Report (issue) | | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...NORTHEASTERN RUSSIA METALLOGENESIS OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Noklebergl...and Richard D. Koch 1 1-U.S. Geological Survey ^-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, firm...OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-339 PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS |  | | Book | | 11Where it all began ” Bingham Canyon open pit, Utah, USA. Photograph b y T M Porter. PORPHYRY AND HYDROTHERMAL.................... 61 ， The Mankayan Mineral District, .Luzon Philippines. Artemio F Disini, Bruce M...Fort Knox Porphyry Gold Deposit, Eastern-Central Alaska: An Overview and Update. Arne A Bakke, Robert P...and Rosario Copper Porphyry Deposits, CoUahuasi District Chile. Claudio Bisso B, Manuel Durdn andAquiles...world’s largest mining operations and are the cornerstone of many of the worlds great mining houses. As such |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Federal Centre Box 25046 (MS964), Denver, Colorado, USA 80225 Received on June 1, 2004; accepted on September...suites and belts are defined across Alaska and Yukon, in the northern North American Cordillera, on the basis...intrusion-related gold deposit model. Keywords: Alaska, Yukon, granite, redox, Cretaceous, magnetic susceptibility...BELT KALTAG Richardson area VF L EL W RE FA Alaska Range DE NA L 35 I n g ell 0 AR km L P M RF SU...Fig. 1 Generalized tectonic elements in Yukon and Alaska with significant faults, features and locations |  | | Report (volume) | | 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...'_--____-__--_- |  | | Report (issue) | | THE MOUNT SPURR REGION, ALASKA By STEPHEN R. CAPPS INTRODUCTION LOCATION AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE...south-central Alaska, on the west side of Cook Inlet, in latitude 60° 50' to 61° 30' north, longitude 151°...Russian fur traders had pushed eastward along the Alaska Peninsula as far as Kodiak Island by 1762, they...earliest accurate information about this part of Alaska was that obtained by the British navigator Capt...charge of George 141 142 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1927 Vancouver, returned to the inlet in 1794 |  | Nokleberg, Warren J., Bundtzen, Thomas K., Dawson, Kenneth M., Eremin, Roman A., Goryachev, Nikolai A., Koch, Richard D., Ratkin, Vladimir V., Rozenblum, Ilya S., Shpikerman, Vladimir I., Frolov, Yuri F., Gorodinsky, Mary E., Melnikov, Vladimir D., Ognyanov, Nikolai V., Petrachenko, Eugene D., Pozdeev, Anany I., Ross, Katherina V., Wood, Douglas H., Grybeck, Donald, Khanchuk, Alexander I., Kovbas, Lidiya I., Nekrasov, Ivan Ya., Sidorov, Anatoly A. (1996) Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera. Open-File Report Vol. 1996 (96-513) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr96513a | Report (issue) | | non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian...non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian...summaries of the important features of the significant lode deposits and placer districts along with a summary...references. Data are provided for 1,079 significant lode deposits and 158 significant placer districts of...Format) formats, and the mineral-deposit and placer district tables in dBase 3/4, FileMaker Pro 2.0, and tab-delineated |  | | Report (issue) | | INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1931 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BY PHILIP S. SMITH Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931...separate chapters. CONTENTS Mineral industry of Alaska in 1931---_---------------__------------- Page...districts._______-______ __-_-_.______ Southeastern Alaska.-.-.-.____________________ Copper River region...Peninsula.__-__-_---_-_-__--__--__-___ Northwestern Alaska._-____-_____--_______-__Dredging.._____-______...--_-_----_--___-_____Cooperative work with the Alaska Railroad._____________________ Outline of plan |  | | Report (issue) | | isotope data base for sulfide occurrences from Alaska, December, 1989 by J.D. Gaccetta1 and S.E. Church2...of Alaska used in this report.............. 2 Figure 2. Mining regions and districts of Alaska......isotope data from sulfide occurrences from northern Alaska..................................... 8 Table...data from sulfide occurrences from west-central Alaska................................. 14 Table 3. ...data from sulfide occurrences from east-central Alaska................................. 20 Table 4. |
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