Nabesna Mine Site Environmental Investigation …
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest national park in the U.S. Located in eastern Alaska, this 13.2-million-acre park includes nine of the country's 16 highest peaks. ... including portions of the …
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Yukon Gold mine disaster sparks fears of soaring taxpayer …
Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine, which closed in June after its gold-processing facility collapsed and spilled cyanide into the surrounding rivers, will cost about $150 million to …
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Canadian government puts money into supporting mining …
A major copper-and-gold mining project in the rugged mountains of northwestern British Columbia - upriver from Wrangell - is poised for a boost from the Canadian government. Canada's Department of Natural Resources last month announced that it plans to inject about $15 million U.S. into a massive copper and gold development just 25 miles from the A...
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Fort Knox Gold Mine
It is the second-largest gold mine in Alaska, just behind Pogo Mine. The mining facility is capable of processing up to 45,000 tons of ore per day. ... The mine uses toxic cyanide for purification of the gold, and in May 2010, had a spill releasing 300,000 gallons of cyanide-containing water, although the environmental impact in this case was ...
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A Canadian gold mine spill raises fears among Alaskans
Officials say cyanide pollution at Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine poses no health risks to Alaskans. But advocates worry it could compound a yearslong salmon crisis on the Yukon …
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Cyanide Gold Mining Mine Near Eastport, Idaho
Lead mining deposit report for "Deposit #Usgs10069971" (#USGS10069971) in Boundary County, Idaho.
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Candle Creek Gold Mine Near Candle, Alaska | The Diggings™
Gold mining deposit report for "Deposit #893" (#893) in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska. ... Production 20+ Records; Mine Overview. The Candle Creek Gold Mine is situated near Candle, Alaska, in the Fairhaven Mining District, which has a long history of mining activities. The mine primarily operates as a placer mining operation, extracting gold ...
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Landslide triggers cyanide release at Yukon Territory mine
A cyanide spill at a major gold mine in the Yukon Territory — high in the Yukon River watershed — has sparked widespread concern in Canada. But Alaska salmon …
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Dawson Gold Mine In Hollis, Alaska | The Diggings™
The Dawson Gold Mine, located in Hollis, Alaska, is a significant site within the Ketchikan Mining District, which is now encompassed by the Tongass National Forest. It was initially discovered in 1903, adding to the rich mining history of the region. While currently closed and with no known intentions of reopening, the Dawson Gold Mine ...
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Troubled water
In June, Yukon's Eagle gold mine saw what the territory's mines minister is calling a "catastrophic failure": the release of hundreds of millions of litres of toxic cyanide solution into the ...
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Above Stikine River, Canadian government boosts huge mining …
A major copper-and-gold mining project in the rugged mountains of northwestern British Columbia — upstream from a Southeast Alaska fishing town — is poised for a boost from the Canadian ...
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Nixon Fork Gold Mine
Nixon Fork is a small, previously developed, gold and copper mine in Interior Alaska, which re-opened in July 2011 and then suspended operations in June 2013. Operators hoped to produce another 100,000-150,000 ounces of gold over the course of 3-5 years, and had also begun exploration that could have extended the life of the mine.
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Abandoned Gold Mines
Lots of abandoned gold and silver mines in the mountains of CO where I grew up. You get out of life what you are willing to accept. If you ain't happy, do something about it! ... is this one of those where they had sprinklers of cyanide spraying the crushed ore????? That is called heap leaching, a chemical method of removing gold from the ore ...
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Kubon, F.A. and Burns, W.T., 1932
The cyanide leaching of cuprous gold- and silver-bearing tailings of the Nixon Fork district, Alaska. Authors: Kubon, F.A., and Burns, W.T. ... 1932; Publisher: Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (University of Alaska Fairbanks) Ordering Info: Not available Quadrangle(s): Medfra; Citation ID: 28243; Bibliographic Reference. Kubon ...
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Mammoth Creek Gold Mine Near Miller House, Alaska
Gold mining deposit report for "Deposit #704" (#704) in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska. ... North America. The United States. Alaska. Yukon-Koyukuk. Deposit #704; Mammoth Creek Gold Mine Miller House, Alaska. 65.5347°N 145.2012°W Overview Gold ; Location 1 Aliquots; Production 11 Records; Owners 3 Records; Mine Overview.
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Stop giving away Uncle Sam's gold
The final assault on federal lands comes from a deadly poison - cyanide - which miners use to leach gold from the ore. Because of its nastiness, the cyanide-and-ore slurry must be stored in ...
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Agnico, New Gold, Iamgold seen as possible buyers
Alaska Mining (227) Aluminium/Bauxite (427) Anglo American (265) Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining/Mercury Problems (69) Asbestos (112) Asia Mining (2,729) Australia/New Caledonia/Papua New Guinea Mining (2,023) Barrick Gold Corporation (853) Battery Technology Innovation/Electric Vehicles (2,539) BHP (680) Biomining and …
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Alaska Metal Mines
Introduction. Metal mining is the leading source of toxic releases in Alaska.¹ Uncontrolled mine waste, as well as the processing chemicals used to extract the ore, can be a significant source of pollution to the water, land …
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Operations & Projects
In September 2020, Kinross acquired 70% of the high-quality Manh Choh project (formerly the Peak project) in Alaska. The project was renamed in March 2021 after close consultation with the local Upper Tanana Athabascan Village of Tetlin. Kinross will have broad authority to construct and operate the project.
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Can gold miners say 'sayonara' to cyanide?
A highly toxic chemical that can be dangerous to humans and wildlife, cyanide use at gold mining operations provokes concern in many jurisdictions. In fact, it was in response to a damaging spill from a tailings pond in Romania in 2000 that released 100,000 cubic metres of cyanide contaminated water into the Somes River, that the Cyanide Code ...
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Groundwater at Eagle Gold mine in Yukon shows high cyanide …
The Yukon government says groundwater samples at the site where a mine's ore containment facility failed in June "continue to reveal high levels of cyanide." In a written update, the Yukon government says tests from Dublin Gulch below the slide at the Eagle Gold mine also show metals such as cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, silver and ...
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Illinois Creek Gold Mine | Ground Truth Alaska
The Illinois Creek Mine gold and silver mine in west central Alaska operated briefly in 1997, but the mining company went bankrupt in 1998. ... The Illinois Creek Mine was designed as an open-pit, cyanide heap leaching operation. Resources at the mine were estimated to be 350,000 ounces of gold and 2.5 million ounces of silver. USMX/Dakota ...
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Massive Cyanide Spill Afflicts Yukon River Tributary
Government of the Yukon officials are now overseeing the cleanup following an equipment failure at a major Yukon Territory gold mine that dumped cyanide into a tributary …
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Apollo Mine Near Unga, Alaska | The Diggings™
some of this ore was concentrated and sent to the tacoma smelter in washington. a small cyanide plant was installed at the mine in 1916 to work on tailings. ... 1967 ). in 1983 extensive trenching was done on the property, and nine core holes were drilled by alaska-apollo gold mines for a total of 9, 483 feet. inferred reserves were estimated ...
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Kensington Gold Project, Alaska
Kensington Gold Project, Alaska. ... (45 miles) north of Juneau are two historic mines: Kensington and Jualin. The Kensington mine was active from 1897 to 1938, and its neighbor Jualin was in operation from 1896 to 1928. In 1992, after the mines lay dormant for decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service began approving a series ...
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Canadian gold mine cyanide spill raises fears among …
A cyanide spill at a major gold mine in the Yukon Territory -- high in the Yukon River watershed -- has sparked widespread concern in Canada. But Alaska salmon advocates …
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Cyanide Vat Leaching
Gold Cyanidation in Alaska . While cyanide is not used at the . recently-opened Kensington Mine, it would be used at the proposed Donlin Creek Mine, and most likely as well at the proposed Pebble Mine. Cyanide is already in use at the large mines of Greens Creek, Fort Knox, Nixon Fork, and Pogo, in addition to the majority of smaller
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ALASKA: A Canadian gold mine spill raises fears among …
July 30, 2024 — A cyanide spill at a major gold mine in the Yukon Territory, high in the Yukon River watershed, has sparked widespread concern in Canada. But Alaska salmon advocates …
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Barrick's Veladero gold mine in Argentina halted over cyanide leak
Barrick's Veladero gold mine in Argentina halted over cyanide leak. ... one of the largest gold mines in Argentina, produced 722,000 ounces of gold in 2014. ... Alaska Energy Metals explores ...
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Canadian gold mine cyanide spill raises fears among …
Alaska Beacon, Washington, D.C. Friday, July 26, 2024. A cyanide spill at a major gold mine in the Yukon Territory -- high in the Yukon River watershed -- has sparked widespread concern in Canada. But Alaska salmon advocates say the mishap isn't just a problem for Yukoners: The spill happened upstream of a tributary of the Yukon River. The ...
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