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Cassiterite from
Twin Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Twin Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:590978
Long-form Identifier:1:3:590978:0
GUID (UUID V4):04021f40-aa42-4416-9cb1-438d7f2cd3cb
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
3.6km (2.3 miles) Willow Creek Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - LG064), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
4.1km (2.6 miles) Bedrock Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Little Eldorado Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Chatham Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Pedro Creek Mine (ARDF - FB094), Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) Cleary Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
6.8km (4.3 miles) Dome Creek Mine, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) Fort Knox Gold Mine, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
8.5km (5.3 miles) Janiksela Prospect, Fairbanks Mining District, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
References
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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 (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...lode mines, however, were operated in the Fairbanks district in 1916, producing gold valued at nearly...yearly production of lode gold and silver in the district since 1910, when the lodes were just beginning
Report (issue)
OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE. By L. M. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. ...150 and paral­ lels 66 and 64. The Fairbanks gold-placer district is in the eastern part of this area...the Fairbanks district and during 1909 geologic investigations were carried north of the Fairbanks district...quad­ rangle, including the Fairbanks district and extensive areas to the north and west, is shown on the...sketch map (PL VI). From the presence of the Fairbanks district in the south­ eastern part of the area covered
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RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 This report concerns work done on behalf...RECONNAISSANCE FOR-RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN INTERIOR ALASKA, 1946 By Helmuth W edow, Jr., P. L. Killeen, and... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fairbanks district . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Radioactivity studi'es. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alaska. Highway belt ....... ~ ........... Geology .....River valleys-Con. Areas investigated-Continued Alaska. Highway belt-Continued Radioactivity studies-Continued
Report (issue)
Yukon and Tanana rivers to Lake Minchumina and the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. It reaches from the longitude...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31...1-77, maps, 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of...drainage lines. The plains border the uplands on the north, east, and south, extend broadly into the principal...trend and lies very close to the course of the North Fork of Kuskokwim River. The northeasterly trend
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon1, Thomas D. Light2, C....Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product...Virginia 22092 Anchorage, Alaska Menlo Park, California 94025 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 Denver, Colorado ...RESOURCE POTENTIAL IN THE LIVENGOOD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA By Richard B. McCammon, Thomas D. Light, C. Dean...1997 INTRODUCTION This report, as part of the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP), assesses
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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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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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THE FAIRBANKS QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE WITH A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT...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 (volume)
PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON.................................... Southeastern Alaska................................................................................... Southwestern Alaska............................................................................................ THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks.......................................... Auriferous lode mining...............................................
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DEPOSITS OF THE FAIRBANKS DISTRICT, ALASKA BY JAMES M. HILL Investigations in Alaska Railroad belt, 1931...-_-__-_____-_-_--___-__.--___ Pre-Cambrian rocks (Birch Creek schist)..___-_-----__--_.-__ Character- ___-_--...History of mining.__________________________________________ Economic factors affecting mining.________...____________ Dome Creek and vicinity_____---_--____-_--__--__Little Eldorado Creek._.-_--_-_-_--.__-----__...__-----__._..Cleary Creek.______________________.___ Fairbanks Creek________-_____.__________________Goldstream
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...opened. 'The total lode production for the Fairbanks district is about S674,00Q. In 1911 the production...In 1913 the writer spent a few days in the Fairbanks district to study the occurrence of lodes and to gather...a. measure reflects the progress made in quartz mining, which showed a marked advancement, particularly
Report (issue)
NOTES ON MINING IN SEWARD PENINSULA. By PHILIP S. SMITH. INTRODUCTION. No party from the Geological...During that time he obtained some notes on the mining industry, and these, supplemented by reports in...the amount of winter mining; second, a general decrease in the number of mining operations except dredging;...development of the ancient beaches at Nome winter mining was important, for labor was cheap, the physical...sluicing in the summer) and consequently this form of mining has decreased. It is estimated that the winter
Report (issue)
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...this stream to Willow Creek, arid thence northward across the heads of Arctic Creek, Cripple River, and
Report (volume)
PLACERS OF THE FORTYMILE, BIRCH CREEK, AND FAIRBANKS REGIONS, ALASKA LOUIS M. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Fortymile region______j________________ 10 Birch Creek region___.._____________________ 11 Rampart re...regiou______:_____________________ Fairbanks region _____________:___: _________ Climate and vegetati...Birch Creek region _________________ ___________ General character_____________________ Birch Creek system...system _______________,._________ Fairbanks region___..__ _________________ ____________ General charac
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 153 00 63 00 TL004 TL005 TL006 * (i|:4 TL069...Talkeetna 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, southcentral Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...110631 Anchorage, AK 99511 Location of map area in Alaska This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed...Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North nl American Stratigraphic code. Any use of trade...REPORT 99-139 ZUSGS science for a changing world Alaska Resource Data File TL001 Site name(s): Boedeker;
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THE FAIRBANKS GOLD PLACER REGION. By L. M. PRINDLE and F. J. KATZ. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. The Fairbanks...the Fairbanks special map. The area covered by this map lies in about the central part of Alaska. It...party that was engaged in studying the geology and mining developments. The results of this work will be...(PI. VIII), including the area covered by the Fairbanks special map, has been prepared. GEOGRAPHIC SKETCH...is obscured some181 182 MINEKAL EESOUKCES OF ALASKA, 1908. what by numerous bulky lateral spurs, trending
Report (issue)
PLACERS OF THE RUBY DISTRICT. By HENRY M. EAKIN. LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT. The chief settlement...settlement of the Ruby district is Ruby, situated on the south bank of Yukon River opposite the mouth of Melozitna...Melozitna River. The principal placer mines of the district are about 25 miles south of Ruby on a number of...the rocks which outcrop in the bluff near Ruby Creek in 1902, but they were not published, being foreign...were spent in a geologic reconnaissance of the district and in visiting the producing creeks. The reconnaissance
Report (volume)
OTIS SMITH, DIKECTOB 4:4:2 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1909 ...The mining industry in 1909, by Alfred H. Brooks........................... Page. 5 20 Alaska coal...Charles A. Davis................ 101 Mining in southeastern Alaska, by Adolph Knopf......................reconnaissance in southeastern Alaska, by John C. Hoyt. Mining in the Chitina district, by Fred H. Moffit............................... Mining and prospecting on Prince William Sound, in 1909, by U. S. Grant....
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..........................-'.................. Alaska: 18 25 28 The Juneau gold belt, by Arthur C....Placer mining in Alaska in 1903, by Alfred H. Brooks......._....'.. The Porcupine placer mining district...Charles M. 'Wright........ Gold placers of the Fairbanks district, by L. M. Prindle ............ The Kotzebue......... Notes on the geology of the Goldfields district, by J. E. Spurr^...... Oklahoma: Reported gold..... Utah: Progress report on the Park City mining district, by J. M. Boutwell. Geological Survey publications
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Mendenhall, Director Bulletin 907 GEOLOGY OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD REGION BY STEPHEN R. CAPPS UNITED STATES...Copper-Susitna lowland._------------..___-..._.--_.-.-.-._ Alaska Range.______.___------__----_-_-__--_-_-__________..._-_-_-.-_-_.--.------------__-------._--_..-._ The Alaska Railroad.__.____.___-_-______.______-__.___.._...history of the Talkeetna region._____________________ Alaska Range._______________ _________________________________...rocks_________.____._________ ______________ Birch Creek schist.____________________________________ Undifferentiated
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SMITH, DIRECTOR THE FAIRBANKS AND RAMPART QUADRANGLES YUKON-TANANA REGION, ALASKA BY L. M. PEINDLE WITH...______ Summary _ '. _______ Economic geology Fairbanks region ____ _________ ____________ General 'statement...Placers ______________________________._____ Fairbanks Creek___________:__'______________ Goldstream...Cleary Creek _____________________________ Eldorado Creek_______________.!____,._______ Dome Creek ____...creeks____________________ Smallwood Creek ___________________________ Mining methods__ ____________________________
Report (issue)
CASSITERITE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By WALDEMAR T. SCHALLER. A small handful of cassiterite...order to see if it offered any hope of finding cassiterite in quantity. Mr. Roy Carson was kind enough to...reached FIGURE 22. Index map showing position of cassiterite locality in San Diego County, Cal. The rectangle...in a flat-lying pegmatite dike,1 is all the cassiterite so far obtained, and an examination of tho locality...present developments have been disappointing, the cassiterite found exceeds in quantity all the occurrences
Journal (issue)
which is hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and organized by the New Mexico...San Pedro Mine in Santa Fe County, and along with his son Phillip is actively exploring the mine for minerals...minerals. The San Pedro Mine is perhaps best known for producing beautiful specimens of finely crystalline...Phillip have also developed a surface exposure at the mine to produce some very nice, single, sceptered quartz...during the last year: a presidential election in the USA, more lands closed to public use, mineral localities
 
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