Chatham Creek Placer

The Chatham Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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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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