Lost Chicken Cr. Placer

The Lost Chicken Cr. Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lost Chicken Cr. Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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

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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: 1901
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 MEAN OF 7 ASSAYS WAS .842 AU AND .144 AU. SEE REF. 2. P. 178.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Location): USGS MF-393, LOC. 52. MINE MARKED ON EAGLE (A-2) AT HEAD OF LOST CHICKEN CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): AURIFEROUS GRAVEL FOUND ON BENCH ON LOST CHICKEN HILL 275 FT. ABOVE CREEK IN 1901. BENCH PLACER FIRST WORKED BY DRIFTING. WHEN MINED OUT, THE PAYSTREAK WAS FOLLOWED DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY OF LOST CHICKEN CREEK. MINING IN LATER YEARS CONFINED TO VALLEY, MAINLY BY HYDRAULIC METHODS. INTERMITTANT MINING.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN LOWER PART OF GRAVEL AND ON BEDROCK. GOLD DISCOVERED AT A DEPTH OF 33 FT. IN BENCH GRAVEL. MOST OF GOLD FOUND ON HIGH BENCHES ON THE WEST SIDE OF CREEK.

Comment (Workings): DRIFTS RAN FROM SHAFTS 33 TO 55 FT. DEEP.

Comment (Geology): BEDROCK SURFACE UNEVEN AND HARD TO CLEAN. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS DECOMPOSED GRANITIC ROCKS, SAID TO BE QUARTZ DIORITE CUT BY A BASALT DIKE. ; REG.COM: GOLD THOUGHT TO BE DERIVED LOCALLY FROM GRANITIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 300 FEET PER MILE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-393 (A-2), LOC. 52.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 897-C, P. 171, 173, 177-79.

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 813, P. 138-39.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-393-52

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