Chicken Mountain

The Chicken Mountain is a mercury, gold, and antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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