The Chistochina River Placers is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Chistochina River Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chistochina River Placers
Secondary: Limestone Creek
Secondary: Bedrock Creek
Secondary: Kramer Creek
Secondary: Ptormigan Creek
Secondary: Russian John Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Gold
Ore: Platinum
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chromite
Gangue: Silver
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MOST MINING WAS IN BENCH DEPOSIT W OF LIMESTONE CREEK, 30 TO 40 FT THICK; DRILLING HAS SHOWN THAT GRAVELS IN THE HEADWATER REGION OF THE MIDDLE FORK REACH 70 FT IN DEPTH; BENCHES ARE GLACIALLY DERIVED
Comment (Deposit): INDEFINITE NUMBER OF UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON BEDROCK, LIMESTONE, KRAMER, PTARMIGAN AND RUSSIAN JOHN CREEKS; LIMESTONE CREEK WAS ONLY SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN CONNECTION WITH INSTALLATION OF HYDRAULIC MINING EQUIPMENT IN 1940'S
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK LIMESTONE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN FOR BENCH N OF LIMESTONE CREEK; SITE OF MOST MINING LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Commodity): PT RECOVERED IN RATIO OF 1:100 TO AU PRODUCTION; 2-3 LB CU NUGGETS FOUND
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE ABOUT 1907; CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK AND DRILLING DONE IN 1940'S IN PREPARATION FOR LARGE-SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING, ABANDONED AT BEGINNING OF WW2
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 498, P. 78
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 943-B, P. 29, 34-40
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 989-D, P. 191, 194
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 28, P. 26
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 26-28
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