The Chicken Creek is a tungsten, chromium, gold, mercury, silver, antimony, and rhenium mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Tungsten, Chromium, Gold, Mercury, Silver, Antimony, Rhenium
Lat, Long: 62.38333, -157.96667
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Chicken Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicken Creek
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Rhenium
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Gold
Ore: Zircon
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: BED ROCK IS MONZONITE
References
Reference (Deposit): COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.
Reference (Deposit): MALONEY, R. P., 1962, INVESTIGATION OF MERCURY-ANTIMONY DEPOSITS NEAR FLAT, YUKON RIVER REGION, ALASKA: USBM REPT. INV. 5991, 44 P.
Reference (Deposit): COBB, EDWARD H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP, MF-363.
Reference (Deposit): COBB, EDWARD H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE IDITAROD AND OPHIR QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 76-576.
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