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Chicken Creek Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002711
MRDS ID A015155
Record type Site
Current site name Chicken Creek Placer
Related records 10281877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.92435, 64.07975 (WGS84)
Relative position PLACER CONTINUOUS 2 MILES NORTH TO 1 MILE SOUTH OF CHICKEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Eagle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 51. PLACER EXTENDS FROM STONEHOUSE CR. TO FLATS OF MOSQUITO FORK. COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR CONFLUENCE WITH MYERS FK., THE CENTERAL POINT OF PLACER. 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result FINENESS AVERAGED .835 AU AND .158 AG. SEE REF. 2, P. 174.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.92435, 64.07975
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4827.9M
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK MAINLY IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS AT UPPER AND CENTRAL PARTS OF PAYSTREAK AND TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, SHALE, AND COAL DOWNSTREAM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bayless, John J., Dozer, Dragline, , P.O. Box 119, Copper Center, Ak.; Hanks, G.A. And Sons, D
    First year 1975

Comments on development

  • MOST OF MINING IN EARLY YEARS BY DRIFTING, BECAUSE GROUND WAS DEEP AND FROZEN, AND BECAUSE LACK OF WATER MADE LARGE SCALE HYDRAULIC MINING IMPRACTICABLE. SOME OPEN CUT AND HYDRAULIC MINING. MINED IN 1967 BY DREDGE. MINED AT LEAST UNTIL 1975 BY BULLDOZER AND DRAGLINE.

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST OF GOLD PRODUCTION BEFORE WW II WAS FROM GRAVELS ON BEDROCK BENCHES. AFTER WW II MOST OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM WEST SIDE OF VALLEY BELOW MYERS FORK, 150-1,000 FT. FROM CREEK. GOLD ON SEVERAL BEDROCK SURFACES, MAINLY IN GRAVEL, BUT SOME ON BEDROCK AND IN CREVICES IN BEDROCK. SOME PIECES OF GOLD HAVE ATTACHED QUARTZ. SOME SCHEELITE WITH GOLD. OVERBURDEN 20-50 FT. THICK; 5-15 FT OF GRAVEL OVERLAIN BY MUCK. NEAR HEAD GOLD OCCURS IN THIN CALCITE VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN BLACK PHYLLITES.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT BELOW STONEHOUSE CR. 80 FEET PER MILE. DISCOVERY CLAIM A SHORT DISTANCE DOWNSTREAM FROM STONEHOUSE CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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