Results of 1987 Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Balen MD ; Fechner SA ; Kurtak JM
• Description:
  The Bureau of Mines is currently conducting a 4-yr mineral assessment of the 5.7-million-acre Valdez Creek Mining District in south-central Alaska as part of its ongoing statewide mining district evaluation program. This report is a summary of the 1987 fieldwork, which included examining mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the study area. Placer gold has been the main metal produced in the area and totals 161,131 oz with the major production coming from the Valdez Creek Mine. Lode gold and silver production totals 1,581 oz and 8,617 oz, respectively, and comes mainly from the Golden Zone Mine. Varying amounts of other metals including copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, antimony, chrome, nickel, cobalt, tin, tungsten, and platinum exist in the study area. Occurrences of industrial limestone and coal are also located within the study area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-80
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10006192
• Citation:
  For Reference Only At Bureau Libraries :80 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Performing Organization:
  BoM Alaska Field Oper. Cntr
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245246/cdc_245246_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]