Chicken Creek

The Chicken Creek is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chicken Creek
Secondary: Lower Chicken Creek

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Chromium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Iditarod

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Stibnite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Stream gradient 10-15%.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer: bench, stream, residual, alluvial

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary/Quaternary

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Weathered monzonite forms a residual placer that grades downstream into eluvial then bench and stream placers. Mertie (1936) reported fineness at 862 parts Au and 128 parts Ag. Concentrates contain scheelite and cinnabar.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production 1911-40 totaled about 12,755 oz. Au and 2,024 oz. Ag

References

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Miller, M.L., Laird, G.M., and Bull, K.F., 1992, Geology and mineral resources of Iditarod mining district, Iditarod B-4 and eastern B-5 quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 97, 46 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.

Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.

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