The Chicken Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Chicken Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicken Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER GOLD IN STREAM AND BENCH GRAVELS AND ON BEDROCK SURFACE. NO PAY IN BEDROCK. OVERBURDEN 15-90 FT. THICK.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SANDSTONE AND ARGILLITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC 27. TAILINGS MARKED ON IDITAROD (B-4). MINING CENTERED ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTH OF MOUTH. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): MINED BY AUTOMATIC DAM AND HYDRAULIC PLANT.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 150-250 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC 27.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 864-C, P. 213-215
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INV. 5991, P. 16-17, 21.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-363-27
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