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Zircon from
Willow Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Willow Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:597886
Long-form Identifier:1:3:597886:1
GUID (UUID V4):5d6aa03f-9fbf-47bf-b37d-8e7e73b7cc46
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
1.4km (0.9 miles) β“˜Willow bench Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) β“˜Happy Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) β“˜Idaho; Upgrade; Wildcat; Trail Mines, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) β“˜Upper Chicken Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.4km (3.9 miles) β“˜Lower Chicken Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.4km (5.2 miles) β“˜Prince Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.7km (6.1 miles) β“˜Black Creek Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) β“˜Otter Creek Mines, Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) β“˜Malemute Gulch Mine and prospect (Pup), Iditarod Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
36.0km (22.4 miles) β“˜Queen Gulch Mine, Iditarod Mining District, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
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Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION. The area here called the Cosna-Nowitna region extends southward from Yukon and Tanana rivers...general way the 1 Hcrron, J. S., Explorations in Alaska, 1899: War Dept., Adjt. General's Office, No. 31... 1901. 211 212 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1915. Yukon-Kuskokwim divide. A pack train of seven...the Yukon and Kuskokwim were mapped. Geologic mapping was extended over practically the same area. The...the eastern part. Still farther east, beyond the area surveyed, several small isolated ranges and hills
Report (volume)
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
Report (issue)
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are widespread within allochthonous terranes of Alaska that are composed dominantly of greenschist-facies...concentrated in south-central and southeastern Alaska; small and generally nonproductive gold-bearing...major placer deposits in interior and northern Alaska. Oreforming fluids in all areas are consistent...hydrothermal activity. Within interior and northern Alaska, latest Paleozoic through Early Cretaceous contractional...possibly related to extension and uplift. In southern Alaska, gold deposits formed during latter stages of Tertiary
Report (issue)
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
Report (volume)
SMITH, Director Bulletin 649 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF ALASKA BY ALFRED H. BROOKS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING................................................. Mining developments and production........................................ 1............... Fairbanks district. ................................................................................... Fredericks mine.......................................... Spaulding............ Eldorado Creek Mining Co ................................ Newsboy mine....................
Report (issue)
ON AN APPRAISAL OF THE URANIUM POSSIBILITIES OF ALASKA* By Helmuth Wedow9 Max G 0 White, and Robert M0...authors 7 opinions of the uranium possibilities of Alaska through March 1951 S the date of the completion...Peninsula-Kobuk region ............ York district .................. Lost River area .............. Brooks Mountain...... Uranium possibilities of the York district . Nome district .................. . Uranium- possibilities...possibilities ........... Council district ................ Uranium possibilities- ........... Pairhaven and
Report (issue)
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
Report (issue)
RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER YUKON-KUSKOKWIM HIGHLANDS REGION ALASKA UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE...RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE LOWER YUKON-KUSKOKWIM HIGHLANDS REGION, ALASKA, 1947 By M. G. White and P. L...data .............. . Monzonite ................. Zircon.............. . Apatite ............... Biotite...Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks............ Creek placers .............. Panned concentrates........studies--Continued Discussion of data--Continued Creek placers Continued Sluice-box and dredge concentrates
Report (issue)
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.______________________________..._______ Swift and Willow Creeks...__.._..___.__________ Meketchum Creek._______________________________
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 754 THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. ' AND G. L. HARRINGTON...Local details____ ___________ Yukon River______ _________ Poorman Creek _____ Nowitna and Susulatna valleys...district__________________________ 32 Iditarod district__________________________ 33 Iditarod to Kuskokwim River__________________...fish____ _ Other mining factors __________________________ Gold placers _ _ _ Ruby district _______________________________..._______________________________ History of mining ______________________ General character of placers________________
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
Report (issue)
resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska by Marti L. Miller1, Thomas...cooperation with Calista Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement...Anchorage, Alaska 2 Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, Alaska 3 Now with...with Placer Dome U.S., Inc., Anchorage, Alaska 1996 CONTENTS Page Introduction.................................................................... 2 Mining history and previous work.....................
Report (issue)
THE MOUNT SPURR REGION, ALASKA By STEPHEN R. CAPPS INTRODUCTION LOCATION AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE...The region here considered lies in south-central Alaska, on the west side of Cook Inlet, in latitude 60Β°...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
Report (issue)
DEVOTED TO GEOLOGIC RESEARCH AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ALASKA 1975-1986 Compiled by Katherine M. Reed 1 and... 37 Northern Alaska..............................................41 West-central Alaska................53 East-central Alaska..........................................59 Southwestern Alaska...................65 Southern Alaska..............................................69 Southeastern Alaska.............................................85 Offshore Alaska..............................................95 Author
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OTHER MAFIC-ULTRAMAFIC METALLOGENIC PROVINCES IN ALASKA (WEST OF THE 141st MERIDIAN) By Jeffrey Y. Foley1...Mines, Alaska Field Operations Center. Present address: 3301 C Street, Suite 525, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503-3935...western Alaska Western Brooks Range metallogenic province Seward Peninsula and western Yukon-Koyukuk Basin...province Northern Yukon-Koyukuk Basin margin metallogenic province Southeastern Yukon-Koyukuk Basin margin...margin and Ruby Geanticline metallogenic province Yukon-Tanana Uplands Livengood-Tofty metallogenic province
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_--. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
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)
ATWOOD, W. W., Mineral resources of southwestern Alaska: Bull. 379, pp. 115-152, pis. 5-6, 1909. Geology...Geology and mineral resources of parts of the Alaska Peninsula: Bull. 467, pp. 95-131,1911. BECKER, G. F.... Reconnaissance of the gold fields of southern Alaska: Eighteenth Ann. Rept., pt. 3, pp. 60-86, 1897...Reconnaissance on the Pacific coast from Yakutat to Alaska River: Bull. 314, pp. 82-88,1907. BROOKS, A. H...reconnaissance from Pyramid Harbor to Eagle City, Alaska, including a description of the copper deposits
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...OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-339 PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...LODE DEPOSITS AND PLACER DISTRICTS FOR MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Nokleberg1
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...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
Report (issue)
given to the mining of stibnite-bearing lodes, but it soon subsided. The Big Hurrah quartz mine is the only...was opened up on any considerable scale, and this mine was operated only from 1903 to 1908 and then not...underground work has been done at the Lost River tin mine, the Kougarok silver-lead property, and the gold...the output from those few has been small. In the area of the York Mountains the relation of the mineralization...the platinum recovered from the placers of Dime Creek. Basic igneous rocks occur in the vicinity of these
Report (issue)
1986 Annual Report on Alaska 1 S Mineral Resources U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 983 > \ -.....of Energy As mandated by Section 70 7 7 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...Department of Energy As mandated by Section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Public...circular) Annual. "As mandated by section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Conservation Act, Public Law...mineral resources. 1. Mines and mineral resources--Alaska-Periodicals. I. Geological Survey (U.S.) II. Series:
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science for a changing world Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1996 Professional...of the Superintendent of Documents: β€’ Anchorage, Alaskaβ€”Rm. 101, 4230 University Dr. β€’ Denver, Colorado-Bldg...National Center Reston, VA 20192 Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1996 John E. Gray...volcanic arc and the only Holocene caldera on the Alaska Peninsula whose age has not been determined directly...volcanoes, four of the six Holocene calderas on the Alaska Peninsula formed between 3,400 and 4,000 yr B.P
 
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