The Chicken Mountain is a mercury, gold, and antimony mine located in Alaska.
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Chicken Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicken Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Iditarod
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Extensive trenching and drilling in late 1980's.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Enechelon quartz veins in monzonite contain stibnite, cinnabar, and gold. Drilling shows chalcopyrite-molybdenite mineralization at depth.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Sampling by USBM (Maloney, 1962) of 'upper Chicken Creek' is approximately same area as this prospect.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal vein
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling and drilling
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Miller, M.L., Laird, G.M., and Bull, K.F., 1992, Geology and mineral resources of Iditarod mining district, Iditarod B-4 and eastern B-5 quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 97, 46 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC. 4.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 649, P. 49.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-4
Reference (Deposit): BUNDTZEN, T.K., MILLER, M.L., LAIRD, G.M., AND BULL, K.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDITAROD MINING DISTRICT, IDITAROD B-4 AND EASTERN B-5 QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 97, 46 P., 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.
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