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Chicken Mountain

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002610
MRDS ID A015047
Record type Site
Current site name Chicken Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.98292, 62.37939 (WGS84)
Relative position Chicken Mtn., 4 miles N of Bonanza Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.98292, 62.37939
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Enechelon quartz veins in monzonite contain stibnite, cinnabar, and gold. Drilling shows chalcopyrite-molybdenite mineralization at depth.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Iditarod

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Extensive trenching and drilling in late 1980's.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling and drilling

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal vein
Deposit Other Comments = Sampling by USBM (Maloney, 1962) of 'upper Chicken Creek' is approximately same area as this prospect.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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