BHP Billiton Ltd. / Full Metal Minerals Ltd. / Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. / Teck Cominco Inc. / R.A. Hughes2 Goldfields Ltd. / Western Region NovaGold Resources Inc. / the Sun / Mystery Creek Resources Inc. / Triex Minerals Corp. / 3M / Barrick Gold Corp. / Linux Gold Corp. / Hastings Base Metals Corp. / Rio Tinto Plc / Arctic Slope Regional Corp. / Northern Region NovaGold Resources Inc. / Little Squaw Gold Mining Co. / Andover Ventures Inc. / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. / NovaGold Resources Inc. / Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. / St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. / Calista Corp. / Coeur Alaska Inc. / /
Country
United States / Canada / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Business Partnership / M&A / /
Facility
Big Bar / Coffee Dome / Pogo Mine / Nixon Fork Mine / Fort Knox / College Rd. / Red Dog Mine / Council Highway / /
IndustryTerm
open pit mining / bank cubic yard / base-metal prices / placer mining / precious metal mineralization / platinum mining / placer gold mining / energy / metal / mineral products / junior mining / gold porphyry systems / continued strong metal prices / base metal-rich / base-metal mineralization / placer gold mining sectors / mining / metal prices / /
MusicGroup
Sand / Gravel / /
NaturalFeature
Mt. Estelle / Alaska Peninsula / Nolan Creek / Hammond River / Yukon River / Death Valley / Bonanza Hills / Smith Creek / Little Squaw Creek / Rock Creek / Illinois Creek / Seward Peninsula / Livengood WESTERN EASTERN Fish Creek / Dead Creek / Quartz Creek / Woewodski Island / Shulin Lake / Donlin Creek / Granite Mountain / Dime Creek / Kiwalik River / Boulder Creek / Moore Creek / Terra Donlin Creek / Yenlo Hills / Slisco channel / Carbon Creek / /
OperatingSystem
VMS / Linux / Fork / /
Organization
Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys / office of Economic Development / US Federal Reserve / Alaska office of Mineral Development / Alaska Department of Natural Resources / Department of Commerce / Division of Mining / Land & Water / /
Person
Palmer Chickaloon / Stoneboy / David Szumigala / Larry Freeman / /
Position
head / Minerals Section geologist / Governor / Sarah Palin Governor / UMMARY D.J. / D.J. / /
A LASKA ’ S M INERAL I NDUSTRY 2006: A S UMMARY D.J. Szumigala and R.A. Hughes Larry Freeman, DGGS Minerals Section geologist, compares his notes to observations of polydeformed Casadepaga Schist