The Chatham Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Chatham Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chatham Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Unknown: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: AUG. 1902
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IN STREAM PLACERS FROM HEAD TO MOUTH OF CREEK. STIBNITE HAS BEEN FOUND IN VEINS IN SCHIST AND WAS COMMON ON PILES OF DREDGE TAILINGS. ALLUVIUM 4-20 FT. THICK; COMPOSED MOSTLY OF MUCK; DEPTH TO BEDROCK AT MOUTH IS ONLY ABOUT 6 FT.
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY SCHIST; GRANITIC ROCKS NEAR HEAD. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF GOLD IS LODE DEPOSITS ALONG BOTH SIDES AND AT HEAD OF CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT 200-300 FT. 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.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413, LOC. 88. PLACER GROUND FROM HEAD TO MOUTH OF CHATHAM CREEK. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PLACER MINING 1903-24; OPEN CUTS UNTIL ABOUT 1927 AND DREDGING THEREAFTER. CREEK DREDGED FOR ABOUT 1,000 FT. UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 1, P. 10-11, 32, 37.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 442, P. 226.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 225, P. 70
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413, LOC. 88
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