Chicken Creek Area

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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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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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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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