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Cassiterite from
Crooked Creek Mine, Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crooked Creek Mine, Aniak Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:579194
Long-form Identifier:1:3:579194:1
GUID (UUID V4):a77c17c1-d0fe-4cc7-b4a1-b116c7a341ee
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
6.1km (3.8 miles) Donlin Bench Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Queen Gulch Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.6km (4.7 miles) Donlin Gold project (Donlin Creek prospect), Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.3km (5.1 miles) Ruby Gulch Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Snow Gulch Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
10.3km (6.4 miles) Quartz Gulch Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) Happy Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
49.5km (30.8 miles) Flat Creek; Marietta Mines, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
51.6km (32.1 miles) Julian Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
51.9km (32.3 miles) Black Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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prospects, and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. ID018 ID020 ID026 ID027 ID028 013 ID035 ID032...in the Iditarod 1:250,000 quadrangle, southwest Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...S. Government. OPEN-FILE-REPORT 96-540 site District Mt. Joaquin McGrath Site type Prospect ARDFno...Miller, M.L USGS 5/25/94 site District Yankee Creek Innoko Site type Mine ARDFno. ID002 Quad-250 ... Location 156.39440 AK USGS MF-363, Loc. 44. Mine and tailings marked or Iditarod (D-1) topographic
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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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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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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...zone on face in the Greens Creek Mine on Admiralty Island west of Juneau, Alaska. Photo by Jan Nauman. GEOLOGY...ip nw si 9" K.H. Clautice + ee J.L. Nauman Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological
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RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, Jr. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1933 (Pages 115-245)...________-___ Ruby district._______-___-____--._-_--.-__---_--__._______ Ruby area.______-_____--_---...area____-______.__--_-___--__-_-___-_________ 145 Long Creek and Bear Gulch..____________________ Fifth of July...______________________ Greenstone Creek.._______._________._._-_._.___._ Monument Creek.______________________________...Meketchum Creek._______________________________ Trail Creek____.________________________ Flint Creek and tributaries
Report (volume)
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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mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. W ' - - V V^ ' VL 1 PI Cl°«5 C»35 ....i-S , -SSK .S' //^.v, S"'--«^ Creek , (3033 .C.049 CM19 C"55 | I i 3 sjL O ...occurrences in the Circle 1 :250, 000-scale quadrangle, Alaska C/) c/} cd . i |_ _ Q cd ^ '" * '' ' tf/...455-5159 Alaska <^ \ ^ »\ . £ ^jpjL^ , . °%^^^% ^^....^^ Location of map area in Alaska /^^^^^^\ ...j mm. mm. m !*^ science for a changing world Alaska Resource Data File CI001 Site name(s): 88 Group
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mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 1K'«r RM111 /BN140 / WtKS\ / /BN057 / BBN^///BNl4...Bendeleben 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, western Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...REPORT 99-332 Alaska Resource Data File BN001 Site name(s): Idaho Creek Site type: Mine ARDFno.: BN001...description and accuracy: This location is on Idaho Creek, 3,000 to 4,500 feet north of its mouth on the Kuzitrin...of the drainage to have been placer mined. This mine is near a regional fault contact between high grade
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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...by Tom Bundtzen) Top right: The Valdez Creek placer gold mine, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Cantwell...Cantwell, has been Alaska's largest gold mine for ten of the last eleven years, and it is one of the largest
Report (volume)
GOLD PLACERS OF THE CIRCLE DISTRICT, ALASKA- Past, Present, and Future U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...Hydraulic mining of North Fork of Harrison Creek, 1980. This was the last hydraulic mining operation...operation in the Circle district. Lower left Placer mining on Eagle Creek in July 1988. Right Panning for heavy...heavy minerals along Ketchem Creek. CORRECTION FOR GPO JACKET (FY91) 585-040 (PRINT ORDER 30035) U.S...pattern used within the map area for unit TKg. Gold Placers of the Circle District, AlaskaPast, Present,
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PLACER TIN DEPOSITS IN CENTRAL ALASKA By Robert M. Chapman, Robert R. Coats, and Thomas...Placer tin and gold deposits in the Morelock Creek area, by Thomas G. Payne and Robert M. Chapman ........... Mining considerations .................... Placer tin deposits in the Moran Dome area, by Robert...Investigation of reported placer tin in the Mason Creek area, by Robert M. Chapman ................................... Placer tin deposits in the Ruby-Long area, by Robert M. Chapman. . Introduction. ........
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ASSESSMENT OF THE SLEETMUTE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA by Marti L. Millerl, Harvey E. Belkin2, Robert...the U.S. Government. 1 Anchorage, Alaska 2 Reston, Virginia 3 Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical...Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska 4 Denver, Colorado 1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT...........RESOURCES ......................................... 45 Mining history..........................................quadrangle, Alaska.......... 4 2. Map showing land status in the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska....... 5
Report (volume)
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_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1926 By PHILIP S. SMITH* INTRODUCTION Records of what has been done in...The investigations of the imineral resources of Alaska which the Geological Survey has been [carrying...755, 773, 783, and 792. 2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1926 generously put at the disposal of the Geological...obtained from other sources. Many of the important Alaska newspapers are courteously sent toj the Geological...year] sends to each person known to be operating a mine or prospect sched-J ules on .which are queries to
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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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MINING IN THE CIRCLE DISTRICT By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION The term " Circle district," as now...includes not only the headwater tributaries of Crooked, Birch, and Preacher Creeks but also Coal, Woodchopper...tributaries of .Crooked and Birch Creeks, or what was formerly known as the Birch Creek district. During the...the Circle district and terminated his field work at Circle. As no report on this district had been issued...opportunity was utilized for making an examination of the mining properties then in operation. This report is therefore
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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
Report (volume)
AND CIRCLE DISTRICTS ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. Mineral resources of Alaska, 1936 (Pages 133-261)...______._ Wade Creek area._________________________________________ Chicken Creek area...____________..._____________________________________ Franklin Creek area.______________________________________ Fortymile River...____________. Dome Creek area-_-----_____-_-_____-_-______-________.___ Eagle district.--_---_.-_--____...__ American Creek area.______________________________________ Fourth of July Creek area._______----_
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...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 (14,279
Report (volume)
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
Report (volume)
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...COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used by permission
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MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE BENDELEBEN QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-429 PART A ...mineral occurrences in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral...construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 75-429...the report or map. Abbreviations used are: AOF Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...Mines Bulletin C U.S. Geological Survey Circular GR Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
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Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 917 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1938 PAPERS...advance publication:] Page (A) Mineral industry of Alaska in 1938, by Philip S. Smith...-_._.__-_. (B) Geology...Geology of the upper Tetling River district, Alaska, by Fred H. Moffit____-._---...I-..-..---.-....--...production from Alaska, by Philip S. Smith._________ (D) Tertiary deposits of the Eagle-Circle district, Alaska...PLATE 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports and maps of Alaska._________________________
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Mineral Resource Assessment of the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska W. D. Menzie1 , H. L. Foster1 , R. B. Tripp2 ,...quadrangle, Alaska........38 2. Lode prospects and occurrences, Circle quadrangle, Alaska....62 m Mineral... Mineral Resource Assessment of the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska by W. D. Menzie., H. L. Foster, R. B. Tripp, and...Yeend Introduction This report, as part of the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP), assesses...mineral resource potential of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska and briefly discusses the occurrence of selected
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GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE CONTENTS. Page. Preface........................................... Birch Creek schist................................................................ 53 53 54 54 54 55 Birch Creek schist................................................................................ Birch Creek district..............................................Gold in the Circle quadrangle Continued. Birch Creek district Continued. Page. Placers..................
 
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