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Tourmaline from
Brooks Mountain, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Brooks Mountain, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:574907
Long-form Identifier:1:3:574907:2
GUID (UUID V4):7372e9d5-a3fd-4bfb-b989-b6868929ebaf
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
1.0km (0.6 miles) Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - TE056; on western side of Brooks Mountain), Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) York Creek Occurrence (West), Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) Dalcoath Dike Prospect, Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Third Of July Prospect, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Hidden Dike Prospect, Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Ida Bell dike exogreisen deposit, Lost River Mine, Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
6.8km (4.2 miles) Cassiterite dike exogreisen deposit, Lost River Mine, Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.0km (4.4 miles) Lost River endogreisen deposit, Lost River Mine, Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) Camp Creek Prospect (tributary to Lost River), Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Greisen Prospect (on Tin Creek), Lost River Valley, Port Clarence Mining District, Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
GEOLOGY OF THE SEWARD PENINSULA TIN DEPOSITS ALASKA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT POINTING...____ Slates near York_____- _____ _ __ __ Port Clarence limestone-- . 5 7 S 9 10 10 10 12 Limestone...______ Developments____________________________ Brooks Mountain______________________________ Lost River______...Other mineral deposits______1..______________ 58 Alaska Chief property__________________ 58 Idaho clai...II. A, Thin section of paigeite hornfels; B, Port Clarence limestone near head of Cassiterite Creek_ .
Report (volume)
........................................ Cape Mountain ......................................................................................... Brooks Mountain....................................................................................... Ear Mountain...........................................................'............................ 40 Tourmaline................................................Seward Peninsula, showing position of York region, Alaska...............................................
Report (issue)
SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA By C. L. Sainsbury...-----Lost River -Brooks Mountain area .. _ King River _______________________ Area east of Tin Creek...-------Ear Mountain _______________--_--Cape Mountain _________----_-_--__ Potato Mountain ________--___----_Black...________--___----_Black Mountain..-----------------Suggestions for prospecting ----------Selected bibliography...Figure 1. Map of the western Seward Peninsula, Alaska, showing areas of known and potential beryllium
Report (volume)
Bulletin 733 GEOLOGY OF THE YORK TIN DEPOSITS ALASKA BY EDWARD STEIDTMANN AND S. H. CATHCART WASHINGTON...of report_ Acknowledgments Geography Location and area _ Topography _____ ___ . Drainage________-___ a...Mountains _________________ Limestone of Cape Mountain _________________ _ Structural relations of the...Mineralogy ________________.__________________ Lost River area ____________ __________________ Geographic feat...44 45 45 46 48 49 49 IV CONTENTS. Lost River area Continued. Prospects ____ __ _____________________
Report (issue)
THE OCCURRENCE OF ZEUNERITE AT BROOKS MOUNTAIN SEWARD PENINSULA ALASKA By WalterS. West and Max G. White...OCCURRENCE OF ZEUNERITE ~ SEWARD PENINSULA, BROOKS MOUNTAIN SKA By Walter S. West and Max G. This report... THE OCCURRENCE OF ZEUNERITE AT BROOKS MOUNTAIN SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA CONTENTS Page Abstract.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tourmaline No. 2 claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Geologic map of the Brooks Mountain area, Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska .. . .. .. . . .
Report (issue)
placers of the ancient beach about 3 miles north of Nome. Although extensions of this beach have been uncovered...during the field season of 1907. 6 Brooks, A. H., Placer mining in Alaska: Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey No. 259...Mofflt, F. H., Gold mining in Seward Peninsula: Bull. No. 284, 1906, pp. 132141; The Nome region : Bull. No...of Iron Creek: Bull. No. 314, 1907, pp. 157-163. Brooks, A. H., The Kougarok region : Bull. No. 314, 1907...first discovered, between Snake and Nome rivers.- But, as the mining of placers goes on with much rapidity
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.......... York district .................. Lost River area .............. Brooks Mountain ................. Potato Mountain .............. Sar Mountain ............... Cape Mountain ............... Uranium...Uranium possibilities of the York district . Nome district .................. . Uranium- possibilities ....
Report (volume)
Central York Mountains, Western Seward Peninsula, Alaska GEOLOGICAL O GC oc O es ^ HI » <=; HI i i...Central York Mountains, Western Seward Peninsula, Alaska By C. L. SAINSBURY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...stratigraphy, petrology, and ore deposits of an area containing tin deposits and a new type of beryllium...3. Beryllium deposits on Camp Creek, Lost River area. 4. Beryllium deposits on Rapid River. 5. Beryllium...Creek. 1. Map of the western Seward Peninsula, Alaska, showing areas discussed in this report....._________________
Report (issue)
PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN ALASKA, 1951 By M.G. White, W. S. West, G. E. Tolbert...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN ALASKA, 1951 By M.G. White, W. S. West, G. E. Tolbert...River area................. Lost River area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooks Mountain area ......Conclusions.................. . . . . . . . .. Part 2. --Alaska Railroad-Iliamna ;region, by Gene E. Tolbert and... . . . . . . . . . . . Page Fart 3, --Gulf of Alaska region, by Authur E Nelson and Gene E. Tolbert
Report (volume)
Geology of Lost River Mine Area, Alaska By C. L. SAINSBURY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ' BULLETIN 1129 With...Cleo Ladeii, 1921Geology of Lost River mine area, Alaska. With a section on ore reserves prepared in...p. 76. 1. Geology-Alaska-Lost River valley. 2. Mines and mineral resources-Alaska-Lost River valley....Bureau of Mines. II. Title: Lost River mine area, Alaska. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent of...and adjoining area, Alaska. 2. Geologic map of the vicinity of the Lost River mine, Alaska. 3. Composite
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
River and Mount Ear Ore Field, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, United States S. M. Aleksandrov Vernadsky Institute...of dolomites and limestones of the Paleozoic Port Clarence Formation at the contact with the Mesozoic leuco...results of studying the skarns and ores of the Alaska deposits are of great applied and scientific significance...Range, the Seward Peninsula, and Northwest ern Alaska are the largest deposits in the United States....19th–20th centuries [2–4]. The ore deposits of the Brooks and Ear mounts, Lost River Mine, Tin Creek, and
Report (volume)
OF SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA INCLUDING THE NOME, COUNCIL, KOUGAROK, PORT CLARENCE, AND GOODHOPE PRECINCTS... FRANK L. HESS, PHILIP S. SMITH, AND ALFRED H. BROOKS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING 1908 OFFICE....H. BROOKS__________________ DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY, BY ALFRED H. BROOKS_____ Foreword __...13 J9 24 28 Growth of mining from 1902 to 1904___________________ 31 Mining developments in 1905-6_..._ 69 Nome group______________________________ 70 General description_____________________ 70 Port Clarence
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 (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--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23 Valdez Creek area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
INVESTIGATIONS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA IN 1905 By ALFRED H. BROOKS AND OTHERS WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT... CONTENTS. Page. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT, by Alf re'd H. Brooks................................ i '" ^ " & ^.................................... Southeastern Alaska................................................................................... Southwestern Alaska......................................................................... THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks...........................
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)
"demands, a temporary stimulus was given to the mining of stibnite-bearing lodes, but it soon subsided...the output from those few has been small. In the area of the York Mountains the relation of the mineralization...deposits, Alaska: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. (in preparation). 163 164 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1920...this time most of the lodes of the peninsula in the area south of the mountains, between Council on the east...Cape Nome gold region, Alaska, with maps and illustrations, by F. C. Schrader and A. H. Brooks: Special
Report (volume)
SMITH, DIEECTOB GEOLOGY OF THE BERBERS BAY REGION ALASKA BY ADOLPH KNOPF WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING...1911 CONTENTS. Page. Preface, by Alfred H. Brooks............................................................... 47 Recent Survey publications on Alaska ..................................... 49 Index...tunnel................ 41 PREFACE. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. The general plan for the Alaskan work provides...important mining district. The first investigation of the mineral resources of southeastern Alaska by the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
KNOPF. XNTRODUCTORY. The known tin depositsof Alaska that promise some future commercialimportance are...parts of Alaska. At presentfour localitiesare beingprospected for tin. They are included in an area of 4o0...situated about•oo milesnorthwestof the city of Nome,the supplypoint of the region. In geographicorder...localitiesare Ear Mountain, Buck Creek, Cape Mountain and Lost River. Ear Mountain occupiesan isolatedposition40...region has attracted considerableattention from the mining public, and a large number of representatives of
Report (issue)
TIN RESOURCES OF ALASKA. By FRANK L. HESS. The peculiar deficiency of the United States in tin deposits...perennial interest. Tin was first discovered in Alaska on Buhner Creek, Mar York, OH Seward Peninsula...tributary of Lost River, about 100 miles northwest of Nome. Later, stream tin was found in small quantity in...on Gold Bottom Creek, 20 miles north of Nome; at Ear Mountain, in the northern part of Seward Peninsula;...discovered on Lost River, float ore was found on Cape Mountain, near Cape Prince of Wales, and later was found
Report (issue)
HAKEINGTON. SUMMARY OF MINING OPERATIONS. t A resume of the history of tin mining in Alaska up to 1914 has been...streams of the Nome district." Hess mentions 3 that Goldbottom Creek in the Nome district, Fred Gulch,...of Ears Mountain carry some stream tin." Cassiterite lodes were discovered at Cape Mountain in 1902 and...and on Lost Eiver the following year. Mining operations have been carried on at both localities ever...p. 157, 1906. 353 354 MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, 1917. River assessment work has been done annually
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)
FEATURES OF ALASKAN METALLIFEROUS LODES. By ALFRED H. BROOKS. INTRODUCTION. Thirteen years of systematic investigation...investigation of the mineral resources of Alaska by the Geological Survey has yielded a large amount of...geologic features of the metalliferous deposits of Alaska, using the results obtained by the many geologists...purely scientific results which have been achieved. Alaska is rich in metallic wealth. Its lode' and placer...The rapid advance of the mining 1 Brooks, A. H., The coal resources of Alaska: Twenty-second Ann. Kept
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and some silver and gold. ALASKA—A new mineral that was first found in Alaska was named hulsite in honor...honor of Alfred Hulse Brooks of the U. S. Geological Survey. Hulsite was found as small xls or tabular masses...limestone at a granite contact at Brooks Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, associated with vesuvianite,...usually was only for short periods of activity that mining was done. ARIZONA—Masses of native copper, some...quality aquamarine has been recovered from this district. No emeralds have been found. Sapphire—No transparent
 
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