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Chisna River Placers

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001091
MRDS ID A011776
Record type Site
Current site name Chisna River Placers
Alternate or previous names Chesna River
Related records 10185891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.81379, 63.07273 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN FOR PLACER MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON MT. HAYES A2 QUAD ON CHISNA RIVER; ENTIRE STREAM STACKED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER UP TO HEAD WATER TRIBUTARIES LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.81379, 63.07273
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST MINING WAS IN AND NEAR AREA OF A DIORITE INTRUSIVE BODY CUT BY THE STREAM ; MAJOR.UNITS: AREA UNDERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATE, QUARTZITE, TUFF AND LAVA FLOWS OF UPPER PALEOZOIC CHISANA FORMATION; SOME TRIBUTARIES HEAD IN TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE KNOWN TO BE AURIFEROUS; CHISANA FORMATION IS CUT BY DIORITE DIKES AND SILLS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Mining district

District name Chistochina

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL SCALE HYDRAULIC METHODS AND HAND METHODS

Comments on development

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE DISCOVERY IN 1898; SOME CHURN DRILLING,1912

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AURIFEROUS STREAM AND BENCH GRAVELS; ALL MINING IN STREAM GRAVELS, 4 TO 8 FT DEEP; HETEROGENEOUS GRAVELS WITH MANY BOULDERS, PROBABLY GLACIAL IN ORIGIN
Deposit SITE OF THE FIRST PLACER GOLD CLAIMS IN CHISTOCHINA DISTRICT; SEE ALSO: RUBY GULCH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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