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Cassiterite from
Woodchopper Creek Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk 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 Woodchopper Creek Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:598070
Long-form Identifier:1:3:598070:3
GUID (UUID V4):cc832f0b-0adf-4615-a4c4-af82a4ec0978
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
1.7km (1.0 miles) Deep Creek and tributaries Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Patterson Creek Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Miller Gulch Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Idaho Gulch Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Tofty Gulch Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.8km (4.8 miles) Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - TN092; Cache Creek area), Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.8km (4.9 miles) Sullivan Creek Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.8km (5.5 miles) Harter Gulch Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.6km (6.0 miles) Dalton Gulch Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
9.8km (6.1 miles) Quartz Creek; Homestake Bar Mine, Hot Springs Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RAMPART AND HOT SPRINGS DISTRICTS ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. BY A. E. WATERS...WATERS, JR. Mineral resources of Alaska. 1931 (Pages 163-246) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE... CONTENTS Mineral deposits of the Rampart and Hot Springs districts, by J. B. Mertie, Jr.______-------...____________-___--_____---__________-____163 Location of area._________--___-----_----___-___---_-_-_-163 Early...district_-_____----_--_-_---_-______________-_ 174 Minook Creek._-______-_-____----_.____________-_ 174 Hunter
Report (issue)
Tofty Tin Belt Manley Hot Springs District, Alaska By RUSSELL G. WAYLAND MINERAL GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES...RESOURCES SURVEY OF ALASKA BULLETIN 1058-I Occurrence and exploitation of r;assiterite-bearing gold..._______________ ------____ 369 370 374 Cache Creek---------------------------------------------Dalton..._______________________ -------______ Sullivan Creek-------------------------------------------Tofty...Gulch______________________________________________ Deep Creek----------------------------------------------VVoodchopper
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)
THE OCCURRENCE OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS IN THE YUKON AND KUSKOKWIM REGIONS. By J. B. MERTIE, Jr. INTRODUCTION...Geological Survej7 in Alaska for 25 years, with the primary object of fostering a mining industry in the Territory...objectives is attained by geologic studies in various mining districts to determine the origin, character, and...the mining operator of the present day; that of the second benefits the prospector and the mining operator...the future. Nearly all the developed mining districts in Alaska have been examined by members of the
Report (issue)
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)
Mendenhall, Director ^\ * Bulletin 872 THE YUKON-TANANA REGION ALASKA BY J. B. MERTIE, JR. UNITED STATES...relief__-______-____--_--------------_--_-_------- 12* Yukon Valley. ----------------------------------------Tanana...Valley..-. -_..._--------------------_---------.-Yukon-Tanana plateau___.----_--_--_---_-_-_-__--.__-____...rocks___________________________________________ Birch Creek schist and associated meta-igneous rocks.-.-_. Tindir...system_____---__--------------------------_--Fossil Creek volcanics.___.____.__-___-__._------___.__ Silurian
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...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...FAIRBANKS CREEK. The Crites & Feldman mine and mill, on Moose Creek, a tributary of Fairbanks Creek, were
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)
RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE MANLEY HOT SPRINGS-RAMPART DISTRICT EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1948 This report concerns...RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE MANLEY HOT SPRINGS-RAMPART DISTRICT, EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1948 By Robert M. Moxham...RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN THE MANLEY HOT SPRINGS-RAMPART DISTRICT, EAST-CENTRAL ALASKA, 1948 By Robert M. Moxham...investigated...................... -3 Hot Springs Dome area............. 3 Hot Springs Dome leadsilver deposit.....Areas investigated Continued Hot Springs Dome area Cont. Granite at Hot Springs Dome.... Tofty tin belt.
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)
OF THE NOBTHEKN KOYUKUK VALLEY, ALASKA BY ROBERT MARSHALL Mineral resources of Alaska, 1931 (Pages 247-256)...drainage in northern Koyukuk region__.____._ Page 252 RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN KOYUKUK VALLEY By ROBERT...conducting investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, about one half of the Territory has been surveyed...the headwater region of the Koyukuk River, the large tributary of the Yukon from the north that rises in...into the Arctic Ocean. Surveys of parts of the Koyukuk region have been made by the Geological Survey
Report (volume)
GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE CIRCLE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA BY L. M. PRINDLE CONTENTS. Page. Preface................................ Geography of the Yukon-Tanana region.................................................................... Geology of the Yukon-Tanana region............................................................................. Birch Creek schist.............................................................................. Gold in the Yukon-Tanana region..................................
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...there has been some production of cassiterite. from placer operations in the York region since 1902. In...In 1911 a dredge was installed on Buck Creek which has been in operation each season since. Two dredges...River in 1914 for the recovery of both gold and cassiterite but were operated only during that and the following
Report (issue)
TIN MINING IN ALASKA. By HENRY M. EAKIN. INTRODUCTION. The first discovery of stream tin in Alaska was...Geological Survey in 1900 on Buhner Creek, in the York district, which occupies the western extremity...finding commercial bodies of tin in this part of Alaska, and in 1901 and 1902 considerable prospecting...relatively small scale. Since 1911 the dredge on Buck Creek has operated successfully each season, and in 1914...River, in the eastern part of the York district.2 Lode mining has been carried on to a greater or less
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)
production and reserve grades source, fineness, mining methods, other economic commodities and general...is useful for analyzing the roles genetics and mining method have on placer grades and volumes. Deposits...commodity other than gold, i. e. diamonds or cassiterite. Other deposits contain potential for production...varies from area to area. Individual workings are not included if deposit or district data are presented...gold production for the central Brooks Range, Alaska exceeded the total as reported by deposit. -2-
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)
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
Report (issue)
INTRODUCTION. Eleven parties were engaged during 1917 in Alaska surveys and investigations. The length of the field...results of which can not be expressed in terms of area. About 1,050 square miles was covered by reconnaissance...Service, stream gaging was continued in southeastern Alaska. In 1917 the entrance of the United States into...the construction of the Government railroad in Alaska gave more than ordinary importance to the collection...geographically, two parties worked in southeastern Alaska, two on Prince William Sound, and one in the region
Report (issue)
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)
PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON.................................... Southeastern Alaska................................................................................... Southwestern Alaska............................................................. Yukon-Tanana region.............................................. THE MINING INDUSTRY IN................................. Auriferous lode mining...............................................
Report (issue)
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._________________________
Report (volume)
Mcndenhall, Director Bulletin 926 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1939 PAPERS...industry of Alaska in 1939, by Philip S. Smith_____ .._._. (B) Geology of the Gerstle River district, Alaska...molybdenum minerals in Alaska, by Philip S. Smith.._ (D) Geology of the Portage Pass area, Alaska, by F. F. Barnes...107 161 211 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE Page 1. Map of Alaska, showing areas covered by selected available reports...Topographic reconnaissance map of the Gerstle River district, Alaska _ _______________ _____l_______-_-__________
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....
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
 
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