The Flat Area is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Flat Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flat Area
Secondary: Willow Creek
Secondary: Chicken Creek
Secondary: Malamute Creek, Slate Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Iditarod District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Stibnite
Gangue: Scheelite
Gangue: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WEATHERED INTRUSION SHEDS MATERIAL DOWN SLOPE AND INTO STREAMS. PLACERS SIMILARLY GRADE FROM RESIDUALS TO CREEK BEDS, DECREASING IN FINENESS DOWN STREAM
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 70 SQ MI. ON STREAMS DRAINING CHICKEN MOUNTAIN. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Production): EQUAL TO 6% OF ALASKAN GOLD PRODUCTION UP UNTIL THAT POINT
Comment (Development): MAY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE WELL PAST 1968
Comment (Workings): A DREDGE OPERATION FOR AS MANY AS 50 YEARS
Comment (Geology): REG.COM: DEEPLY WEATHERED MONZONITE STOCK WITH QUARTZ VEINS ON CHICKEN MOUNTAIN
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULLETIN 1374, P 146
Reference (Deposit): USGS B1374, P. 146-148
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 76-576, P. 8-9, 15-17, 53-54
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