Chicken Creek Placer

The Chicken Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chicken Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fortymile

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

Not available

Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Bayless, John J., Dozer, Dragline, , P.O. Box 119, Copper Center, Ak.; Hanks, G.A. And Sons, D
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1896
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FINENESS AVERAGED .835 AU AND .158 AG. SEE REF. 2, P. 174.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS AT UPPER AND CENTRAL PARTS OF PAYSTREAK AND TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, SHALE, AND COAL DOWNSTREAM.

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-393, LOC. 51. PLACER EXTENDS FROM STONEHOUSE CR. TO FLATS OF MOSQUITO FORK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CONFLUENCE WITH MYERS FK., THE CENTERAL POINT OF PLACER. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MOST OF MINING IN EARLY YEARS BY DRIFTING, BECAUSE GROUND WAS DEEP AND FROZEN, AND BECAUSE LACK OF WATER MADE LARGE SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING IMPRACTICABLE. SOME OPEN CUT AND HYDRAULIC MINING. MINED IN 1967 BY DREDGE. MINED AT LEAST UNTIL 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND DRAGLINE.

Comment (Deposit): MOST OF GOLD PRODUCTION BEFORE WW II WAS FROM GRAVELS ON BEDROCK BENCHES. AFTER WW II MOST OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM WEST SIDE OF VALLEY BELOW MYERS FORK, 150-1,000 FT. FROM CREEK. GOLD ON SEVERAL BEDROCK SURFACES, MAINLY IN GRAVEL, BUT SOME ON BEDROCK AND IN CREVICES IN BEDROCK. SOME PIECES OF GOLD HAVE ATTACHED QUARTZ. SOME SCHEELITE WITH GOLD. OVERBURDEN 20-50 FT. THICK; 5-15 FT OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY MUCK. NEAR HEAD GOLD OCCURS IN THIN CALCITE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN BLACK PHYLLITES.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT BELOW STONEHOUSE CR. 80 FEET PER MILE. DISCOVERY CLAIM A SHORT DISTANCE DOWNSTREAM FROM STONEHOUSE CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-2), LOC. 51.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 170-175.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 251, P. 46-51.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 813, P. 136-137.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-51

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