The Chicken Creek Area is a gold 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
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Chicken Creek Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicken Creek Area
Secondary: Lost Chicken Creek
Secondary: Franklin Gulch
Secondary: Mosquito Fork
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Forty Mile
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1897
Year Last Production: 1968
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
Analytical Data: FINENESS OF GOLD IN AREA OF 0.82 AU, 0.17 AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): MINED VIA DREDGE AND BY DRIFT MINING
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZ MICA SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): GOLD GENERALLY ON TERRACES AND ON FLANKS OF STREAM CHANNELS
Comment (Location): A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 60 SQ MI. INCLUDING FRANKLIN GULCH, CHICKEN CREEK, AND THE MOSQUITO FORK OF THE FORTYMILE RIVER LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ROUGHLY 100,000 TOZ AU
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B1374, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-845, P. 29-26, 53-54
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