Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in south-central Alaska, 1947-49

Moxham, Robert M.; Nelson, Arthur E.; White, Max Gregg

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“…[From Cobb, 1972] Production Area (in ounces) Lituya and Yakutat districts ___-____-__________________Up to 3,700 Yakataga district _______________________________ 15,000-16,000 Middleton Island ______________________________ a few hundred Kodiak Island (west coast) __________________-____ a few thousand Homer district (mainly from Anchorage Point) __________________ unspecified During the last 15 years, private companies have investigated certain beach areas within the Lituya district and near Yakataga for gold and heavy minerals, but no production has resulted to date. The U.S. Geological Survey made a reconnaissance study of radioactive materials in the Yakataga beach placers in 1947-49 (Moxham, 1952), and in 1957 and 1958 the U.S. Bureau of Mines carried out extensive auger drilling to outline heavy-mineral concentrations in the area between Cape Suckling and Icy Point in southeastern Alaska (Thomas and Berryhill, 1962). Unfortunately these data are unsuitable for compilation of gold values for comparison.…”

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Marine gold placers along the Gulf of Alaska margin

Reimnitz¹,

Plafker²

1976

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Marine gold placers along the Gulf of Alaska margin

Reimnitz¹,

Plafker²

1976

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“…In Canada, uranoan thorite occurs abundantly in large crystals in pegmatite at the Macdonald mine, Hybla, Haliburton County, Ontario, and it has been reported from pegmatites, calcite-fluorite-apatite veins, and metasomatized zones in crystalline limestone at various localities in the Grenville rocks of Quebec ~nd Onta,.rio (A. H, Lang, 1952;Robinson and Sabina, 1955). Found in gold placers in the Ruby district, Alaska, and in pegmatites in the Willow Creek district, Alaska (Moxham and Nelson, 1952). With pyrochlore in tin placers in Nigeria (Greenwood, 1948).…”

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Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium

1958

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“…t h i c k c o n t a i n s an e s t i m a t e d 15 percent s c h e e l i t e . Moxham and Nelson, 1952 (C 1 8 4 ) , p. 5 --R a d i o a c t i v i t y i n s i g n i f i c a n t . , p. 43-44 --Nagyagite (a s u l p h o t e l l u r i d e of l e a d and gold) i s an important m i n e r a l i n d e p o s i t ; f r e e gold shows a s t r o n g p r e f e r e n c e f o r i t .…”

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Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Anchorage Quadrangle, Alaska

Cobb¹

1979

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This report is preliminaryand has n o t been e d i t e d or reviewed for conformity w i t h Geological Survey standards and nomenclature. I n t r o d u c t i o nThese summaries of r e f e r e n c e s a r e designed t o a i d i n l i b r a r y r e s e a r c h on m e t a l l i c and n o n m e t a l l i c ( o t h e r than m i n e r a l f u e l s and c o n s t r u c t i o n m a t e r i a l s ) m i n e r a l occurrences i n t h e Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska. All r e f e r e n c e s t o most r e p o r t s of the Geological Survey, t h e U.S. Bureau of Mines, and t h e S t a t e of Alaska D i v i s i o n of Geological and GeophysicalSurveys and i t s predecessor S t a t e and T e r r i t o r i a l a g e n c i e s r e l e a s e d b e f o r e January 1, 1979, a r e summarized. C e r t a i n , mainly s t a t i s t i c a l , r e p o r t s such a s t h e annual Minerals Yearbook of t h e U.S. Bureau of Mines and t h e b i e n n i a l and annual r e p o r t s of t h e S t a t e of Alaska D i v i s i o n of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and i t s predecessor S t a t e and T e r r i t o r i a l a g e n c i e s a r e n o t included. Also n o t included a r e d a t a on many c l a i m s about which l i t t l e more than t h e i r l o c a t i o n s i s known ( f o r example, MacKevett andHolloway, 1 9 7 7 (OF77-169A1, p. 8-10). These omissions should n o t b e i n t e rp r e t e d a s a judgment on my p a r t t h a t t h e claims a r e n o t v a l i d m i n e r a l o c c u r r e n c e s , b u t o n l y t h a t t h e r e a r e i n s u f f i c i e n t d a t a t o d e s c r i b e any m i n e r a l d e p o s i t t h a t might b e p r e s e n t .This r e p o r t i s d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e p a r t s : a s e c t i o n made up of summ a r i e s of r e f e r e n c e s arranged a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by occurrence name; a s e c t i o n t h a t l i s t s synonyms f o r names i n t h e f i r s t s e c t i o n , claim names, and t h e names of o p e r a t o r s and owners of mines and p r o s p e c t s ; and a s e c t i o n t h a t l i s t s , by a u t h o r , all r e f e r e n c e s summarized i n t h e f i r s t s e c t i o n . Summaries of ReferencesFor each m i n e r a l occurrence t h e r e i s a page t h a t g i v e s t h e name of

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Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in south-central Alaska, 1947-49

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Marine gold placers along the Gulf of Alaska margin

Marine gold placers along the Gulf of Alaska margin

Systematic mineralogy of uranium and thorium

Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Anchorage Quadrangle, Alaska

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