The Lost Chicken Hill is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 1,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 64.0667, -141.89580
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Lost Chicken Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Chicken Hill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. A. Hanks And Sons
Company ID: 5000313
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1986
Production
Year: 1942
Description: 196 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1932
Description: 11,666 Yards Processed. 277 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1946
Description: 5,600 Yards Processed. 165 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1943
Description: 122 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 8 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1948
Description: 2,000 Yards Processed. 39 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1947
Description: 10,000 Yards Processed. 181 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1969
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1968
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1961
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1960
Description: 11 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1959
Description: 3 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1958
Description: 21 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 121 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 52 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1948
Description: 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 30 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1946
Description: 27 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1943
Description: 39 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 47 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1931
Description: 7,410 Yards Processed. 196 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1958
Description: 7,500 Yards Processed. 129 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1969
Description: 2,600 Yards Processed. 134 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1968
Description: 8,118 Yards Processed. 238 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1961
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 39 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1960
Description: 900 Yards Processed. 55 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1959
Description: 17 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1928
Description: 96 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 48 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 250 Yards Processed. 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1906
Description: Production Reported 1347 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OPERATOR ADDRESS: G.A. HANKS & SONS GENERAL DELIVERY CHICKEN, ALASKA 99732 TELE: (916) 371-4130 TELE: (916) 934-3782 TELE: (916) 371-1826
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 060-206
Reference (Deposit): AK MINE LICENSE-1983
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