Chisna River Placers

The Chisna River Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chisna River Placers
Secondary: Chesna River

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chistochina

Land Status

Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN FOR PLACER MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON MT. HAYES A2 QUAD ON CHISNA RIVER; ENTIRE STREAM STACKED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER UP TO HEAD WATER TRIBUTARIES LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE DISCOVERY IN 1898; SOME CHURN DRILLING,1912

Comment (Deposit): AURIFEROUS STREAM AND BENCH GRAVELS; ALL MINING IN STREAM GRAVELS, 4 TO 8 FT DEEP; HETEROGENEOUS GRAVELS WITH MANY BOULDERS, PROBABLY GLACIAL IN ORIGIN

Comment (Workings): SMALL SCALE HYDRAULIC METHODS AND HAND METHODS

Comment (Geology): MOST MINING WAS IN AND NEAR AREA OF A DIORITE INTRUSIVE BODY CUT BY THE STREAM ; MAJOR.UNITS: AREA UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATE, QUARTZITE, TUFF AND LAVA FLOWS OF UPPER PALEOZOIC CHISANA FORMATION; SOME TRIBUTARIES HEAD IN TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE KNOWN TO BE AURIFEROUS; CHISANA FORMATION IS CUT BY DIORITE DIKES AND SILLS

Comment (Deposit): SITE OF THE FIRST PLACER GOLD CLAIMS IN CHISTOCHINA DISTRICT; SEE ALSO: RUBY GULCH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 213, P. 71-74

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 15, P. 49,56

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 943-B, P. 29-31

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 989-D, P. 191-192

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 28, P. 26

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