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| Bulletin 947-F COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NIZINA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY DON J. MILLER WITH;AN INTRODUCTION...INTRODUCTION BY FRED H. MOFFIT Mineral resources of Alaska, 1943 and 1944 (Pages .93-120) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...Copper deposits.__________________ _ __ _____ Kennecott mines.___________________________ __________ Regal...showing location of copper deposits of the Nizina district-_________ _____ __ __'__ In pocket 27. Sketch...adjacent area.- In pocket FIGURE 12. Index map of part of Alaska showing the location of the Nizina district_____ |
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| 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...copper ores of the district extending from Kotsina River to Nizina are chiefly bornite, chalcopyrite, chalcocite...copper minerals 155 156 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1916. have been found in the limestone (Chitistone)...(Chitistone) overlying the lava flows. The Kennecott-Bonanza and Jumbo mines are the best known of such deposits |
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| the High-Grade Copper Orebodies of the Kennecott District, Alaska Jason B. Price,†,1,* Murray W. Hitzman...Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract The Kennecott district, Alaska, contained three important copper-(silver)...Lode, Jumbo, and Erie, and numerous other small occurrences. From 1911 to 1938, the Kennecott Copper...silver from these deposits. The host rocks for the Kennecott deposits are part of the type section Wrangellia...Nikolai Greenstone. The Bonanza-Mother Lode and Jumbo orebodies are upward-tapering veins having wide |
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| MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE DISTRICT, WITH NOTES ON VALLEY. KOTSINA-KUSKULANA MINING IN CHITINA By FRED H... MOFFIT. INTRODUCTION. The Kotsina-Kuskulana district includes part of the west end of a belt of mineralized...from the southwest flanks of Mount Wrangell to Nizina River and possibly to the headwaters of Chitina...for many years to come. The Kotsina-Kuskulana district receives its. name, from the two principal streams...however, is not the only mineral resource of the district, for both gold and silver have been found in amounts |
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| NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE McCARTHY QUADRANGLE, ALASKA Compiled by Edward H. Cobb and Edward M. MacKevett...Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...the mineral resources of the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska. The references listed are selected in the sense...Mines and many annual and biennial reports of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...commodities present (listed alphabetically); the mining district (Ransome and Kerns, 1954 (IC 7679)) in which |
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| 75 )'1.1)+%#. 5748'; 5GSWKO 9CUJKPIVQP Alaska Resource Data File McCarthy quadrangle Descriptions...mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral...occurrences in the McCarthy 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-404 Alaska Resource Data File MC001 Site name(s): Unnamed...Status: Inactive Workings/exploration: Page 2 Alaska Resource Data File MC001 Only limited surface |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE KOTSINA-CHITINA REGION, ALASKA BY FRED PL MOFFIT AND A. G. MADDREN WASHINGTON...Chalcocite ____ -+ - ___________________________ Bornite ____________________:__________ Chalcopyrite _...claims_________________ Bonanza Creek __________________:_____ Jumbo Creek_________________________ Erie and Independence...Gold______________________________________ The Nizina placers ___________________________ Location and...reconnaissance map of Chitina River and Copper River region, Alaska.________________________ In pocket. II. Geologic |
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| By FRED H. MOFFIT. INTRODUCTION. All the mining districts in Chitina River valley were visited by the...investigations in Alaska for that ye'ar.1 Since then no description of individual mining properties in the...in 1918 during a rapid journey through parts of Alaska and incorporated the results of his observations...progress in mining development rather than as a detailed description of ore deposits. Mining in this region...region, as in all other parts of Alaska, was greatly affected by conditions that arose from the war. Prospecting |
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| valuable minerals that have yet been produced in the district under consideration. They are named in the order...is produced almost wholly in connection with the mining of copper, although a much smaller quantity is...MINERAL, RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1922. * The oldest known rocks of the district are included in the Strelna...the McCarthy shale. Since 1917, however, the name Nizina limestone has been applied to the upper two-fifths...of the original Chitistone limestone of the Nizina district, and the name Chitistone limestone has been |
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| copper-bearing regions of Alaska are the Kasaan Peninsula region of southeastern Alaska, the Prince William...region, the region included within the drainage area of Kotsina and Chitina rivers, and the region of...present time they furnish the entire production of Alaska, which in 1906 amounted to 8,685,646 pounds of...an obstacle to development as in the interior of Alaska, and they thus possess an advantage that has enabled...name is more often applied to the Kotsina-Chitina area (PL III),.are really one, but are distinguished |
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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- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -...- - - _ - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 16 Redoubt district--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---20 Valdez Creek district_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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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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| GEOLOGY AND MINERAL .RESOURCES OF THE NIZINA DISTRICT, ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT AND STEPHEN R. CAPPS...glaciation_^________ Chitina glacier. ____ _ _ ______L Nizina glacier_________: ________ Kennicott glacier_________...__________________ Bonanza mine_________________________ Jumbo claim_ - _____________________________ 65 66 66...showing location of area represented on the Nizina special map________ II. Nizina special map 9 in...in pocket III. Geologic map of the Nizina district_____________ In pocket IV. A, Talus cones on east |
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| Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS K. BUNDTZEN, HENRY...metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786 Bibliography...No.: 119.3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series...13'09798] COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...See deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used |
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| COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE KOTSINA-KUSKULANA DISTRICT ALASKA BY RALPH E. VAN ALSTINE AND ROBERT F. BLACK...INTRODUCTION BY FRED H. MOFFIT Mineral resources of Alaska, 1943 and 1944 (Pages 121-141) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...FIGURE 20. Sketch map of Alaska, showing the location of the KotsinaKuskulana .district. _______-__________--_-_--______--_-...Russian exploration along the Pacific Coast of Alaska, but it was not the object of special search until...ore body of the Kennecott mine and to many other mines and prospects throughout the area. In early days |
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| GEOLOGY OF THE CHITINA VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREA ALASKA BY FRED H. MOFFIT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...----___--_-__-_-_______-_-------__ Chitistone and Nizina limestones__-_------_-_---_-__ McCarthy shale_...reconnaissance map of the Chitina Valley and adjacent area-----.-.. _______________________________ In pocket...glacier opposite the mouth of Frederika Creek and the Nizina River___________________________________________...lower Skolai Creek; B, View of the west side of Nizina Valley from a point about 1 mile north of the Chitistone |
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| THE McKINLEY LAKE DISTRICT. By THEODORE CHAPIN. The present report is based on a hasty examination made...east-southeast of Cordova'. (See PI. III.) They are easily reached by rail from Cordova to Alaganik and...region seems worthy of the further attention of mining men. Interbedded slate and graywacke of the Orca...resources of a portion of the Copper River district, Alaska: U. S. Geol. Survey Special Pub., p. 90,1901...LOCATION OF McKINLEY LAKE DISTRICT. PLATE III THE McKINLEY LAKE DISTRICT. 79 by an intricate network |
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| SURVEY Metallogeny and Major Mineral Deposits of Alaska by 1 Thomas K. BundtzenS 7 Henry C. Berg 0"3 ,...endorsement by the U.S.G.S. ' U.S. Geological Survey ^ Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and... universities, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Andersen, Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska Roger P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey |
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| course, no copper has yet been produced in this district, but the facilities for transportation offered...Geological Survey. 93 94 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1911. One small stream, Golconda Creek, a tributary...yielded most of the gold so far produced in this district, although Little Bremner Eiver has contributed...in Hanagita Valley. The total production of the district is not known, but probably several thousand dollars...dollars have been produced each year since mining began. It should be said, however, that the very high |
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| MINING II THE KOTSDf A-CHTMA, CHISTOCHINA, AND VALDEZ CREEK REGIONS. By FRED H. MOFFIT. KOTSINA-CHITINA...the early part of the year, for it was said in Valdez that the quantit}?" of provisions and other freight...expected in the near future. COPPER PROSPECTS. BONANZA MINE. A .force of men was employed by the Kennicott...Company during the year 1908 in preparing the Bonanza mine for shipping ore. In the early part of the year...from a Dan Creek, Chititu Creek, and the Bonanza mine were visited by members of the Geological Survey |
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| Alaska Resource Data File, Valdez quadrangle, Alaska By Travis L. Hudson1 Open-File Report 03–30 2003...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 Sequim, Washington Alaska Resource Data File Valdez quadrangle Descriptions of the mineral...throughout Alaska. o o o o o o o o Distribution of mineral occurrences in the Valdez 1:250,000-scale...000-scale quadrangle, Alaska This and related reports are accessible through the USGS World Wide Web site...the U.S. Government. OPEN-FILE REPORT 03-30 Alaska Resource Data File VA001 Site name(s): Unnamed |
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| JANUARY-FEBRUARY, OF THE ORE DEPOSITS NO. I 92o OF KENNECOTT, ALASKA. ALAN M. BATEMAN AND D. H. MCLAUGItLIN...result's of field and laboratory studies of the Kennecott deposits carried on at various times during the...last five years. The authors were together at Kennecott in the field seasonof I915, when the work was...copperdepositsof the famous Bonanza and Jumbo Mines at Kennecott,Alaska, are unique for the character of their...most impor- GEOLOGY OFORE DEPOSITS OFKENNECOTT, ALASKA. 3 tant ofthemining properties oftheKennecott |
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| MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1913. By ALFRED H. BROOKS and others. PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS The...annual bulletins 1 treating of the progress of mining in Alaska a.nd summarizing the results achieved du.ring...particular district are therefore urged to procure a. copy of the com plete report on th.at district as soon...the year and summaries of the conditions of the mining industry, including statistics of mineral production...shall serve as convenient reference works on the mining industry for the yea.rs which they cover. Lack |
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| periods when some chance discovery in an active mine makes them briefly available to collectors. Chalcocite...chalcocite, enargite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, and bornite. Excellent chalcocite pseudomorphs after covellite...copper minerals from such localities as the Loudville mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Mineral...Figure 3. An aesthetic specimen from the East Colusa mine, Butte, Montana, consisting of sharply developed...field, Carroll County, New Hampshire; the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and many New Jersey |
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| 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...stream 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...early August 1994. From 1984 to 1995 Cambior Alaska and previous operators produced 459,162 ounces (14 |
