The Upperchistochina River Area is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Upperchistochina River Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Upperchistochina River Area
Secondary: Includes: Slate
Secondary: Big Four Creeks
Secondary: Miller Gulch
Secondary: Chisna River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Denali Fault Zone To The North
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Cinnabar
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Chromite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): INADEQUATE SOURCES OF WATER SEASONALLY HAMPERED PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, MESOZOIC MAFIC/ULTRAMATIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS, TERTIARY CONTINENTAL DEPOSITS ; REG.COM: ONE POPULAR THEORY INDICATES SOURCE OF GOLD AS UNDISCOVERED LODES NORTH OF DENALI FAULT NEAR MT. KIMBALL
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 36 SQ MI.: NW TRIBUTARIES OF CHISTOCHINA MIDDLEFORK; AREA OF INTEREST GENERALLY SE AND W OF GIVEN LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): SLATE CREEK PRODUCED MORE THAN 150000 FINE OUNCES OF GOLD ALONE
Comment (Development): WORKED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1900'S TO 1960'S
Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTION FROM MILLER GULCH & SLATE CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1374, P. 26-28
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 40
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