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Bureau of Mines Publications

John Rishel Mineral Information Center scanned these documents as part of the Minerals Data Information Rescue in Alaska (MDIRA) program. For additional information and resources visit Mineral Data Information Rescue in Alaska.

An additional source of Bureau of Mines publications is at the Division of Geology and Geophysical Surveys site.

The abbreviations for the various types of reports within numbered series are:

RI – Report of Investigation
OFR – Open File Report
IC – Information Circular
MLA – Mineral Land Assessment
TP – Technical Paper
TPR – Technical Progress Report

The following abbreviations are used for unnumbered or unpublished reports:

AR – Agency Report (performed by USBM for another agency)
CR – Contract Report (performed by another entity for USBM)
HB – Handbook
SR – Situation Report
FR – Field Report
UR – Unpublished Report
OP – Outside Publication
JP – Joint Publication
IR – Interim Report
SP – Special Publication

Some of these reports have not been published and do not necessarily meet the editorial standards of the former U.S. Bureau of Mines. They are provided here as a repository of information to be made available to the public.

Alaska Publications by Mining District

Admiralty

RI_3950 Exploration of a Nickel-Cobalt Deposit at Funter Bay
Admiralty Island, Alaska

Alaska Peninsula

RI_SW_ALASKA Reconnaissance Examinations of Parts of the Alaska
Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, Southwest Alaska

Aleutian Islands

RI_3967 Exploration of Sedanka Zinc Deposit, Sedanka Island,
Alaska
RI_SW_ALASKA Reconnaissance Examinations of Parts of the Alaska
Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, Southwest Alaska

Anchorage

AR_MaterialsChugachVol1 Mineral Materials Survey of the Seward and Glacier Ranger Districts Road Corridor, Chugach National Forest, Alaska
IC_8990 Part I Field Investigations and Descriptions of Chromite Deposits along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
IC_8991 Part II Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
OFR_83-81 1979 Bureau of Mines Sampling Sites and Analytical Results for Samples Collected in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska
RI_4356 Investigation of the Knik Valley Chromite Deposits, Palmer, Alaska
UR_RAREII Mineral Investigations in the Chugach National Forest,Alaska (Peninsula Study Area)

Aniak

AR_IditarodGeorge Mineral Investigation of the Iditarod-George Planning Block, Central Kuskokwim River Area, Alaska 1983
OFR_16-68 Soil Sampling at the Egnaty Creek Mercury Prospect, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
OFR_16-69 Sampling for Gold in River Bars, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
OFR_21-75 Kolmakof Mercury Deposits, Alaska
OFR_35-91 Evaluation of the Tin-Tungsten Greisen Mineralization and Associated Granite at Sleitat Mountain, Southwest Alaska
RI_4065 Mercury Deposits of Southwest Alaska
RI_4361 Investigation of the Rainy Creek Mercury Prospect, Bethel District, Kuskokwim Region, Southwest Alaska
RI_4719 Investigation of Mercury Deposits, Cinnabar Creek Area, Georgetown and Aniak Districts, Kuskokwim Region, Southwest Alaska
RI_6141 Trenching and Sampling of the Rhyolite Mercury Prospect, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska

Anvik

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Barrow

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Bering Sea

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Bethel

RI_4361 Investigation of the Rainy Creek Mercury Prospect, Bethel District, Kuskokwim Region, Southwest Alaska

Black

IC_9123 Placer Gold Deposits of the Eagle Trough, Upper Yukon River Region, Alaska
OFR_1-69 Reconnaissance of Tatonduk River Red Beds
OFR_48-94 Compilation of the Data for Phase I of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the BLM Black River and Fortymile River Subunits
OFR_79-95 Final Report of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management Black River and Fortymile River Subunits

Bonnifield

FR_MaficBonnefield Investigations of the Dry Creek Cobalt Prospect, Bonnefield District, Alaska Range
FR_SilverDollar1078 Examination Report Silver Dollar Prospect
RI_9256 Characterization of the Sheep Creek Pb-Zn-Ag-Sr Prospect, North-Central Alaska Range

Bristol Bay

FR_Hagemeister1988 Hagemeister Strait Field Report
OFR_21-72 Reconnaissance of Ugashik Beach Sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska
OFR_35-91 Evaluation of the Tin-Tungsten Greisen Mineralization and Associated Granite at Sleitat Mountain, Southwest Alaska
RI_4065 Mercury Deposits of Southwest Alaska
RI_4828 Investigation of Kasna Creek Copper Prospect, Kontrashibuna, Lake Clark Region, Alaska
RI_4890 Investigation of the Millett Copper Deposit, Iliana Lake, Southwest Alaska
RI_6214 Reconnaissance of Beach Sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska
RI_SW_ALASKA Reconnaissance Examinations of Parts of the Alaska
Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, Southwest Alaska

Canning

FR_CanningRiver Copper-Cobalt-Zinc Investigation Along the Marsh Fork of the Canning River, Northeast Alaska
FR_Hulahula Cobalt and Copper Investigation of the Hulahula River Region
FR_Kongakut Manganese and Cobalt Investigation of the Kongakut River Region Quadrangle, Alaska

Chandalar

FR_KonessRiver Investigations of Cobalt and Copper Potential of the Upper Koness River Area, Northeastern Alaska

Chichagof

FR_KookLake_RareEarth Investigation of Rare Earth Element Occurrences Near Kook Lake
FR_SnipeBayCuNiCo Snipe Bay Copper-Nickel-Cobalt Deposits Quadrangle
MLA_97-82 Mineral Land Assessment of Yakobi Island and Adjacent Parts of Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska
OFR_10-88 Distribution of Gold, Platinum, Palladium, and Silver in Selected Portions of the Bohemia Basin Deposits, Southeast Alaska (with an Appendix Section on Mirror Harbor)
OFR_89-81 Mineral Land Assessment of the West Portion of Western Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska
RI_4168 Mirror Harbor Nickel Deposits, Chichagof Island, Alaska RI_4182 Yakobi Island Nickel Deposit, Sitka Mining District, Alaska
RI_4852 Diamond Drilling the Gypsum Camel Prospect, Iyoukeen Cove, Chichagof Island, Southeast Alaska

Chisana

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Chistochina

OFR_14-90 Source and Bedrock Distribution of Gold and Platinum Group
Metals in the Slate Creek Area, Northern Chistochina Mining District, East-Central Alaska
RI_3940 Exploration of Argentiferous Lead-Copper Deposits of the Slana District, Alaska

Circle

FR_CharleyRiver Copper Creek Cu-W-Bi Occurrence, Charley River Quadrangle
FR_KetchemDome1984 Ketchem Dome Prospect Field Report
IC_9123 Placer Gold Deposits of the Eagle Trough, Upper YukonRiver Region, Alaska
OFR_29-81 Tungsten Investigations near VABM Bend, Eastern Alaska Evaluation of the BLM Black River and Fortymile River Subunits
OFR_48-94 Compilation of the Data for Phase I of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the BLM Black River and Fortymile River Subunits
OFR_79-95 Final Report of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management Black River and Fortymile River Subunits
OFR_213-84 Concentrations of Cobalt and Other Metals in the Western Crazy Mountains, Interior Alaska
OFR_27-88 Feasibility Study of Placer Gold Mining in the White Mountains Area, Circle and Tolovana Mining Districts

Colville

FR_Pipeline1979 Mineral Investigations Along the Pipeline Corridor, 1979
OFR_7-95 Executive Summary of the U.S. Bureau of Mines Investigations In the Colville Mining District, Alaska
OFR_8-95 Mineral Investigations in the Colville Mining District and Southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
OFR_12-93 Results of the 1992 U.S. Bureau of Mines Colville Mining District Study
OFR_26-81 1978 Mineral Investigations in the Mishguk Mountain and Howard Pass Quadrangles, Alaska
OFR_38-80 Mineral Investigations of the Misheguk Mountain and Howard Pass Quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
OFR_49-95 Economic Feasibility of Mining in the Colville Mining District, Alaska
OFR_75-92 Results of the 1991 U.S. Bureau of Mines Colville Mining District Study
OFR_80-92 Reconnaissance Investigations of Chromite Deposits and Platinum Group Metals in the Western Brooks Range, Northwest Alaska
UR_NPRA77 Mineral Resources Assessment, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska

Council

IC_9103 Uranium Occurrences in the Northern Darby Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_1 Reconnaissance Sampling of Beach and River Mouth Deposits, Norton Bay and Kotzebue Sound, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_6018 Lead-Silver Deposits in the Omilak Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_7555 Sampling Gold-Lode Deposits, Bluff, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Delta River

FR_FishLakeMagnetite1989 Low Grade Magnetite Deposits Near Fish Lake, Mt. Hayes Quadrangle, Alaska

Eagle

FR_PlatinumFlumeCr Investigation for Platinum-Group Metals in the Eagle Quadrangle, Eastern Alaska
FR_RoadRiver_Eagle Field Report on Vanadium Mineral Investigation of the Road River Formation in the Eagle, Alaska Area
IC_9123 Placer Gold Deposits of the Eagle Trough, Upper Yukon River Region, Alaska
OFR_29-81 Tungsten Investigations near VABM Bend, Eastern Alaska
OFR_48-94 Compilation of the Data for Phase I of the Mineral source Evaluation of the BLM Black River and Fortymile River Subunits
OFR_79-95 Final Report of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management Black River and Fortymile River Subunits

Fairbanks

FR_CrippleFluorite Cripple Creek Fluorite Deposit, Fairbanks Mining District
FR_NailAllochthon Geologic and Geochemical Investigation of the “Nail” Allochthon, East-Central Alaska
FR_Pipeline1979 Mineral Investigations Along the Pipeline Corridor, 1979
IC_9180 Tin Occurrences Near Rocky Mountain (Lime Peak), East-Central Alaska
OFR_3-70 Testing for Downward Vein Extensions of Gold-Silver Mineralization in the Wolf Creek-Fairbanks Creek Divide Area, Fairbanks District, Alaska
OFR_5-88 Results of 1987 Bureau of Mines Placer Investigation of the White Mountains Study Area, Alaska
OFR_23-72 Rotary Drilling Exploration of the Ryan Lode Properties, Fairbanks Mining District, Alaska
OFR_31-85 Reconnaissance Investigation of Tin Occurrences at Rocky Mountain (Lime Peak), East-Central Alaska
OFR_176-84 Geologic and Geochemical Investigation of the “Nail” Allochthon, East-Central Alaska

Fairhaven

OFR_6-65 Examination of the Handrum Lead Prospect, Fairhaven District, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_28-81 Preliminary Evaluation of Sample Data from the Proposed Chukchi Imuruk National Preserve (Now Bering Land Bridge National Preserve),
Alaska
OFR_43-85 Sampling and Analytical Results of a Reconnaissance in the Selawik Hills Area, Northwest Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_1 Reconnaissance Sampling of Beach and River Mouth Deposits, Norton Bay and Kotzebue Sound, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_4150 Investigation of Coal Deposits for Local Use in the Arctic Regions of Alaska and Proposed Mine Development

Fortymile

FR_ButteCreek1986 Butte Creek Field Report
FR_MitchellCopper1592 Examination Report – Mitchell Copper Prospect
FR_PlatinumFlumeCr Investigation for Platinum-Group Metals in the Eagle Quadrangle, Eastern Alaska
OFR_48-94 Compilation of the Data for Phase I of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the BLM Black River and Fortymile River Subunits
OFR_79-95 Final Report of the Mineral Resource Evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management Black River and Fortymile River Subunits

Goodnews Bay

FR_Goodnews1990Platinum Goodnews Bay Platinum Occurrence, Hagemeister Island Quadrangle, Alaska
OFR_1-88 Bureau of Mines Investigation of the Goodnews Bay Mining District, Alaska
OFR_53-88 Placer Platinum-Group Metals Offshore of the Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex, Southwest Alaska

GoodPaster

FR_BerryCreekTin Field Report on Tin Exploration in the Berry Creek Drainage – Eastern Alaska Range
FR_MtHarper_EagleQ Mt. Harper Molybdenum Occurrence, Eagle Quadrangle
FR_NailAllochthon Geologic and Geochemical Investigation of the “Nail” Allochthon, East-Central Alaska
OFR_14-70 Reconnaissance of the Gold-Bearing Quartz Veins in
the Tibbs Creek Area, GoodPaster River, Big Delta Quadrangle, Central Alaska
OFR_176-84 Geologic and Geochemical Investigation of the “Nail” Allochthon, East-Central Alaska

Homer

IC_8990 Part I Field Investigations and Descriptions of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
IC_8991 Part II Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests
of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
FR_KenaiCoalsCran1988 Field Report of Sampling Performed on Crandallite Partings in Kenai Coals, Near Homer, June 8-10, 1988
FR_McHughKenai1992 Field Report on the Results of Manganese Mineral Exploration in The McHugh Complex, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
FR_RedMtn1987Stringer Metallurgical Samples from the Turner Stringer Zone, Red Mountain, Kenai Peninsula
OFR_138-81 Placer Sampling and Related Bureau of Mines Activities on the Kenai Peninsula

Hope

AR_MaterialsChugachVol1 Mineral Materials Survey of the Seward and Glacier Ranger Districts Road Corridor, Chugach National Forest, Alaska
IC_8990 Part I Field Investigations and Descriptions of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
IC_8991 Part II Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests
of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
OFR_83-81 1979 Bureau of Mines Sampling Sites and Analytical Results for Samples Collected in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska
OFR_138-81 Placer Sampling and Related Bureau of Mines Activities on the Kenai Peninsula
RI_3885 Exploration of Red Mountain Chromite Deposits, Kenai
Peninsula, Alaska
RI_4419 Investigation of Claim Point Chromite Deposits, Kenai
Peninsula, Alaska
UR_RAREII Mineral Investigations in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska (Peninsula Study Area)
MLA_5-84 Mineral Occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, South-Central Alaska

Hot Springs

FR_AmericanTofty Chromite Investigation of American and Colorado Creeks, Tofty Region
FR_ChitanatalaMtn_Tin Field report on Tin and REE Mineral Investigations in the Chitanatala Mountains
FR_Cobalt_Tanana Investigation of Reported Cobalt Occurrences, Manley Hot Springs Dome, Alaska
FR_ManleySprings Cobalt Investigation of the Manley Hot Springs Dome Area
IC_9105 A Columbium-Bearing Regolith on Upper Idaho Gulch, Near Tofty, Alaska
OFR_8-71 Investigations of Gossans of Hot Springs Dome, Near
Manley Hot Springs, Alaska
OFR_11-69 Tin and Lead-Silver Mineralization in the Cosna River Region, Alaska
OFR_174-84 Columbium in the Gold- and Tin-Bearing Placer Deposits near Tofty, Alaska
RI_4346 Sampling Methods and Results at the Sullivan Creek Tin Placer Deposits, Manley Hot Springs, Tofty, Alaska
RI_5373 Tin-Bearing Placer Deposits Near Tofty, Hot Springs District, Central Alaska

Hughes

OFR_36-91 Investigation of Rare Earth and Associated Elements, Zane Hills Pluton, Northwest Alaska

Hyder

OFR_11-93 Mineral Investigations in the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska, 1992: Ketchikan to Hyder Pass
OFR_11-95 Mineral Investigations in the Ketchikan Mining District, Southeast Alaska
RI_3944 Exploration of Mountainview Tungsten Deposits, Hyder, Alaska

Iditarod

AR_IditarodGeorge Mineral Investigation of the Iditarod-George
Planning Block, Central Kuskokwim River Area, Alaska 1983
OFR_6-69 Reconnaissance Sampling of Decomposed Monzonite
RI_4065 Mercury Deposits of Southwest Alaska
RI_5991 Investigation of Mercury-Antimony Deposits Near Flat, Yukon River Region, Alaska

Innoko

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Juneau

FR_FanPlacer1990Taku Investigation of a Glacial-Alluvial Fan
Placer at Taku Inlet
OFR_13-88 Mineral Investigations in the Southern Chilkat Range, Southeast Alaska
OFR_15-87 Feasibility of Economic Zinc, Copper, Silver, and Gold Mining in the Porcupine Mining Area of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska
OFR_21-84 Copper, Gold, Platinum, and Palladium Sample Results from the Klukwan Mafic/Ultramafic Complex, Southeast Alaska
OFR_27-87 Results of the 1985 Bureau of Mines Investigation in the John Hopkins Inlet-Margerie Glacier Area, Glacier Bay, Alaska
OFR_36-87 Final Report of Stream Sediment, Float, and Bedrock Sampling in the Porcupine Mining Area, Southeast Alaska
OFR_38-88 Feasibility of Economic Gold Mining in the Juneau Gold Belt Area of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska
OFR_49-87 Juneau Gold Belt Area 1986 Update
OFR_49-88 Gold-Copper Mineralization of the Chilkat Peninsula and Islands
OFR_50-88 Mineral Investigations in the Juneau Mining District, Alaska (Eagle River Area)
OFR_85-86 Juneau Gold Belt Area Preliminary Mine, Prospect, Sample Location Maps and Descriptions
OFR_89-86 Distribution, Analysis, and Recovery of Placer Gold from Porcupine Mining Area, Southeast Alaska
OFR_91-86 History of the Juneau Gold Belt 1869-1965, Development of the Mines and Prospects from Windham Bay to Berners Bay
OFR_89-86 Distribution, Analysis, and Recovery of Placer Gold from Porcupine Mining Area, Southeast Alaska
OFR_118-84 Stratiform Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Mt. Henry Clay Area, Southeast Alaska
OFR_173-84 Stream Sediment, Float, and Bedrock Sampling in the Porcupine Mining Area, Southeast Alaska
OFR_AK1957 Reconnaissance Examination of Sunrise Canyon Manganese, Slocum Inlet, Alaska
RI_4421 Investigation of Muir Inlet and Nunatak Molybdenum Deposits, Glacier Bay, Southeast Alaska
SP_JMDVol1 Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Executive Summary
SP_JMDVol2_Intro Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Detailed Mine, Prospect, and Mineral Occurrence Descriptions, Introduction
SP_JMDVol2a Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Detailed Mine, Prospect, and Mineral Occurrence Descriptions, Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine Subarea
SP_JMDVol2b Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Detailed Mine, Prospect, and Mineral Occurrence Descriptions, Glacier Bay Subarea
SP_JMDVol2c Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Detailed Mine, Prospect, and Mineral Occurrence Descriptions, West Lynn Canal Subarea
SP_JMDVol2d Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Detailed Mine, Prospect, and Mineral Occurrence Descriptions, Juneau Gold Belt Subarea
SP_JMDVol2e Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Detailed Mine, Prospect, and Mineral Occurrence Descriptions,
Coast-Range Subarea
SP_JMDVol3 Mineral Assessment of the Juneau Mining District, Alaska 1984-1988, Industrial Minerals

Kaiyuh

OFR_178-84 Chromite Occurrences in the Kaiyuh Hills, West-Central Alaska

Kantishna

OFR_1-86 Distribution, Analysis, and Recovery of Gold from Kantishna Placers, Alaska
OFR_9-67 Sampling a Gold-Copper Deposit, Golden Zone Mine, South-Central Alaska
OFR_128-84 Mining Properties Acquisition Costs
OFR_129-841983 Mineral Resources Studies, Kantishna Hills and Dunkle Mine Areas, Denali National Park and Preserve Alaska
RI_4121 Investigation of the Mount Eielson Zinc-Lead Deposits, Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska

Ketchikan

FR_GardnerMcLean1989 Miscellaneous RRE-Y-Nb Investigations in the Gardner Bay and McClean Arm Area
FR_SitklanPegmatites Sitklan Island Pegmatites
OFR_6-95 Economic Feasibility of Mining in the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska
OFR_11-93 Mineral Investigations in the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska, 1992: Ketchikan to Hyder Pass
OFR_11-95 Mineral Investigations in the Ketchikan Mining District, Southeast Alaska
OFR_12-67 Sampling the Moth Bay Zinc-Copper Deposit, Revillagiedo Island, Southeast Alaska
OFR_19-90 Rare-Earth-Element and Yttrium-Bearing Pegmatite Dikes Near Dora Bay, Southern Price of Wales Island, Alaska
OFR_33-89 Columbium- and Rare Earth Element-Bearing Deposits at Bokan Mountain, Southeast Alaska
OFR_33-91 Mineral Investigations in the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska 1990: Southern Prince of Wales Island and Vicinity
OFR_81-92 Mineral Investigations in the Ketchikan Mining District, Alaska, 1991: Prince of Wales Island and Vicinity
RI_3942 Exploration of the Copper-Sulfur Deposit, Khayyam and Stumble-On Properties, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
RI_3952 Exploration of the Jumbo Basin Iron Deposit, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
RI_3956 Exploration of the Poor Man Iron Deposit, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska
RI_4129 Mount Andrew Iron Deposit, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska
RI_4349 Diamond Drilling at Rush and Brown Copper Mine, Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska
RI_4358 Investigation of the Salt Chuck Copper Mine, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska
RI_4373 Investigation of Tolstoi Mountain Iron Deposits, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska

Kiana

FR_Bornite Sampling for Cobalt at Bornite Alaska
MLA_109-82 Cobalt Content in Samples form the Omar Copper Propect, Baird Mountains, Alaska
RI_4414 Investigation of the Kobuk River Asbestos Deposits, Kobuk District, Northwest Alaska

Kodiak

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Kougarok

OFR_28-81 Preliminary Evaluation of Sample Data from the Proposed Chukchi Imuruk National Preserve (Now Bering Land Bridge National Preserve), Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Koyuk

FR_PeaceRiver Peace River Uranium Prospect, Seward Peninsula
IC_9103 Uranium Occurrences in the Northern Darby Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_1 Reconnaissance Sampling of Beach and River Mouth Deposits, Norton Bay and Kotzebue Sound, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Koyukuk

IC_8915 Podiform Chromite Occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River Areas, Central Alaska, Part I Descriptions
IC_8916 Podiform Chromite Occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River Areas, Central Alaska, Part II Beneficiation
FR_BettlesQ Uranium Occurrence-Western Hot Springs Pluton, Bettles Quadrangle
FR_Pipeline1979 Mineral Investigations Along the Pipeline Corridor, 1979
OFR_80-83 Geologic Sampling and Magnetic Surveys of a Tungsten Occurrence, Bonanza Creek Area, Hodzana Highlands, Alaska

Kupreanof

RI_4669 Investigation of Taylor Creek Lead-Zinc Deposit, Kupreanof Island, Petersburg, Alaska

Lisburne

OFR_65-78 Geologic Map and Cross Sections of the Red Dog Prospect, Delong Mountains, Northwest Alaska
OFR_80-92 Reconnaissance Investigations of Chromite Deposits and Platinum Group Metals in the Western Brooks Range, Northwest Alaska

Marshall

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

McGrath

FR_EastForkHills Field report on Exploration for Manganese in the East Fork Hills, Central Alaska
FR_McGrathA3_Hodel Reconnaissance Strategic Mineral Investigation in the McGrath A-3 and B-2 Quadrangles, Southwest Alaska
FR_NixonFork_Kuskok Nixon Fork, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
OFR_4-66 Investigations of the Nixon Fork Area, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
OFR_5-66 Investigations of the Purkeypile Prospects, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
OFR_16-69 Sampling for Gold in River Bars, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska
OFR_85-92 Tin Mineralization at the Won Prospect, West-Central Alaska
OFR_92-92 Examination of the Win Tin Prospect, West-Central Alaska
RI_6892 Investigations of the White Mountain Mercury Deposit, Kuskokwim River Basin, Alaska

Melozitna

IC_8915 Podiform Chromite Occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River Areas, Central Alaska, Part I Descriptions
IC_8916 Podiform Chromite Occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River Areas, Central Alaska, Part II Beneficiation
IC_9104 Tin Reconnaissance of the Kanuti and Hodzana Rivers Uplands, Central Alaska
FR_ManganeseQ Ray Mountains Manganese Occurrence, Tanana Quadrangle
FR_Pipeline1979 Mineral Investigations Along the Pipeline Corridor, 1979
FR_TozimoranPlacer Investigation of the Tozimoran Placer Field Report, October 1985
OFR_34-91 Investigation of Tin-Rare Earth Element Placers in the Ray River Watershed
RI_4322 Investigation of the Morelock Creek Tin Placer Deposits, Fort Gibbon District, Alaska
RI_4323 Investigation of the Tozimoran Creek Tin Placer Deposits, Fort Gibbon District, Alaska

Nelchina

FR_LibertyChitina1992 Field report of the Liberty Fall Volcanogenic Manganese Occurrence Near Chitina, Alaska
IC_8990 Part I Field Investigations and Descriptions of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
IC_8991 Part II Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
RI_3913 Exploration of Spirit Mountain Nickel Prospect, Canyon Creek, Copper River Region, Alaska

Nizina

IC_8990 Part I Field Investigations and Descriptions of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
IC_8991 Part II Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska

Noatak

MLA_109-82 Cobalt Content in Samples form the Omar Copper Propect, Baird Mountains, Alaska
OFR_26-81 1978 Mineral Investigations in the Mishguk Mountain and Howard Pass Quadrangles, Alaska
OFR_33-85 A Copper-Cobalt Occurrence in the Cape Krusenstern Area, Northwestern Alaska
OFR_45-85 Platinum and Palladium in Some Mafic/Ultramafic Rocks from the Rabbit Creek Area in the Noatak Quadrangle, Alaska
OFR_65-78 Geologic Map and Cross Sections of the Red Dog Prospect, Delong Mountains, Northwest Alaska
OFR_80-92 Reconnaissance Investigations of Chromite Deposits and Platinum Group Metals in the Western Brooks Range, Northwest Alaska

Nome

CR_AuBeachSands Design of a Beneficiation System for Evaluation and Recovery of Gold and Accessory Minerals form Alaskan Beach Sands
IR_THAWING Thawing Placer Gravels in the Nome Coastal Plain
OFR_8-65 Examination of the Sinuk Iron Deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Petersburg

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Port Clarence

FR_CapeTinPlacer Cape Creek Tin Placer Mine Field Report 1979-1985 Canning River, Northeast Alaska
OFR_1-65 Beryllium Investigations at the Lost River Mine, Seward Peninsula
OFR_2-65 Bureau of Mines Diamond Drill Sampling Data, Lost River Mine, 1943-44
OFR_7-65 Diamond Drill Sampling Data, Fluorite-Beryllium Deposits, Lost River Valley, Seward Peninsula, Alaska 1964
OFR_28-81 Preliminary Evaluation of Sample Data from the Proposed Chukchi Imuruk National Preserve (Now Bering Land Bridge National Preserve), Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_3902 Investigations of Lost River Tin Deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_3978 Exploration of Cape Mountain Lode Tin Deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_4345 Churn Drilling at Cape Mountain Tin Placer deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_4418 Investigation of Potato Mountain Tin Placer Deposits, Seward Peninsula, Northwest Alaska
RI_5493 Tin Placer and Lode Investigations, Ear Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_5520 Sampling Stream Gravels for Tin, Near York, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_6587 Tin-Lode Investigations, Potato Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_6737 Tin-Lode Investigations, Cape Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Prince William Sound

FR_ChenegaMang1988 Cenega Island Manganese Occurrence
FR_Hinchinbrook1992 Field Report on Manganese Mineral Investigation of the Hinchinbrook Island Manganese Occurrence, Prince William Sound, Alaska
MLA_5-84 Mineral Occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, South- Central Alaska
MLA_62-82 Placer Sampling and Related Bureau of Mines Activities in the Sound Study Area of the Chugach National Forest, Alaska
MLA_124-82 A Manganese Occurrence on Chenega Island, Prince William Sound, Alaska
OFR_32-87 Geology of the McKinley Lake Gold Area, Chugach National Forest, South-Central Alaska
OFR_44-85 Mineral Sampling in the Western Portion of the Sound Study Area, Chugach National Forest, Alaska
OFR_54-86 Mineral Investigations in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska (Islands Area)
OFR_83-81 1979 Bureau of Mines Sampling Sites and Analytical Results for Samples Collected in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska
OFR_141-81 Billings Glacier Molybdenum-Copper Occurrence, Whittier, Alaska
RI_4986 Investigation of the Copper Bullion Claims, Rua Cove, Knight Island, Alaska
RI_5320 Copper Mines and Prospects Adjacent to Landlocked Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Rampart

FR_Livengood_Cobalt Cobalt Investigations in the Livengood Area
FR_Pipeline1979 Mineral Investigations Along the Pipeline Corridor, 1979
FR_SawtoothMtn Report on the Sawtooth Mountain Antimony Prospect, Livengood Quadrangle
OFR_10-65 Reconnaissance Sampling of the Avnet Manganese Prospect, Tanana Quadrangle, Central Alaska
OFR_143-81 Investigation of a Copper Occurrence in the Rampart Diorites

Redoubt

FR_PileBayPlatinum1983 Examination of the Pile Bay Magnetite Deposit for Possible Associated Platinum-Group Elements, Iliamna Region, Alaska
RI_4890 Investigation of the Millett Copper Deposit, Iliana Lake, Southwest Alaska

Ruby

FR_Ruby_YukonRiver Gold Placers of the Ruby District, Yukon RiverRegion, Alaska
OFR_39 Galena-Bearing Gossans, Beaver Creek, Ruby District, Yukon Region, West-Central Alaska

Selawik

OFR_43-85 Sampling and Analytical Results of a Reconnaissance in the Selawik Hills Area, Northwest Alaska

Serpentine

OFR_28-81 Preliminary Evaluation of Sample Data from the Proposed
Chukchi Imuruk National Preserve (Now Bering Land Bridge National Preserve), Alaska
OFR_73-75 Geology, Ore Deposits, and Mineral Potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_4110 Ward Copper Deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
RI_5493 Tin Placer and Lode Investigations, Ear Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Seward

OFR_83-81 1979 Bureau of Mines Sampling Sites and Analytical Results for Samples Collected in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska
OFR_138-81 Placer Sampling and Related Bureau of Mines Activities on the Kenai Peninsula
UR_RAREII Mineral Investigations in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska (Peninsula Study Area)

Sheenjek

FR_PorcupineRiver Investigation of Reported Nickel-Bearing Alum Near Old Rampart, Porcupine River, Northeast Alaska
OFR_8-85 A Tungsten-Rich-Porphyry Molybdenum Occurrence at Bear Mountain, Northeast Alaska
OFR_27-81 Mineral Investigations in the Porcupine River Drainage, Alaska

Shungnak

FR_Bornite Sampling for Cobalt at Bornite Alaska
RI_4414 Investigation of the Kobuk River Asbestos Deposits, Kobuk District, Northwest Alaska

Tok

No Bureau of Mines Publications Available

Tolovana

FR_CacheMtn Cache Mountain Field Report
FR_Livengood_Cobalt Cobalt Investigations in the Livengood Area
FR_Pipeline1979 Mineral Investigations Along the Pipeline Corridor, 1979
FR_SawtoothMtn Report on the Sawtooth Mountain Antimony Prospect, Livengood Quadrangle
FR_TinCache1964 Tin Occurrence at Cache Mountain, Livengood Quadrangle Quadrangle
OFR_143-81 Investigation of a Copper Occurrence in the Rampart Diorites
OFR_27-88 Feasibility Study of Placer Gold Mining in the White Mountains Area, Circle and Tolovana Mining Districts

Valdez Creek

FR_CanyonCreek1985 Sampling in Canyon Creek
FR_CoalCreek_Bakke1988 Coal Creek Field Report
FR_CoalCreekTin1985 Coal Creek Tin Prospect – Field Report
FR_CoalCreekTin1991 Mineralization in the Coal Creek Tin Prospect, South Central Alaska
FR_WindyCreek1596 Windy Creek Copper Prospect
OFR_1-92 Mineral Investigations of the Valdez Creek Mining District, South-Central Alaska
OFR_5-89 Tin Occurrences Associated with the Ohio Creek Pluton, Chulitna Region, South-Central Alaska
OFR_12-90 Gold- and PGM-Bearing Conglomerate of the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
OFR_28-90 Industrial Minerals of the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
OFR_31-89 Results of 1988 Bureau of Mines Investigation in Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
OFR_40-90 The Feasibility of Mining in the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
OFR_43-88 Results of the 1987 Bureau of Mines Investigations
in the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
OFR_50-86 Results of 1984 Bureau of Mines Site Specific Mineral Investigations in the Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska
SP_VCMD Executive Summary, Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek Mining District

Wainwright

RI_4150 Investigation of Coal Deposits for Local Use in the Arctic Regions of Alaska and Proposed Mine Development

Willow Creek

IC_8990 Part I Field Investigations and Descriptions of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
IC_8991 Part II Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests of Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska
OFR_3-66 Investigations of the Baily Copper Prospect, Willow Creek Mining District, South-Central, Alaska
OFR_17-86 Results of the 1984 U.S. Bureau of Mines Site Specific Field Studies Within the Willow Creek Mining District, Alaska
OFR_83-81 1979 Bureau of Mines Sampling Sites and Analytical Results for Samples Collected in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska

Yakataga

CR_AuBeachSands Design of a Beneficiation System for Evaluation and Recovery of Gold and Accessory Minerals form Alaskan Beach Sands
OFR_83-81 1979 Bureau of Mines Sampling Sites and Analytical Results for Samples Collected in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska
RI_5986 Reconnaissance Studies of Alaskan Beach Sands, Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Yakutat

OFR_10-95 Onshore Titanium Related Heavy-Mineral Investigations in the Eastern Gulf of Alaska Region, Southern Alaska
RI_5986 Reconnaissance Studies of Alaskan Beach Sands, Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Yentna

FR_YentnaPlatinum1983 Sampling for Platinum in the Yentna District, Alaska
OFR_28-86 1984 Sample Results for Bureau of Mines Site Specific Mineral Investigations Within the Yentna Mining District, Alaska

Yukon Flats

IC_8915 Podiform Chromite Occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River Areas, Central Alaska, Part I Descriptions
IC_8916 Podiform Chromite Occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River Areas, Central Alaska, Part II Beneficiation
OFR_27-81 Mineral Investigations in the Porcupine River Drainage, Alaska
OFR_80-83 Geologic Sampling and Magnetic Surveys of a Tungsten Occurrence, Bonanza Creek Area, Hodzana Highlands, Alaska