Chicken Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Chromium, Gold, Mercury, Rhenium, Silver, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009614
MRDS ID D002696
Record type Site
Current site name Chicken Creek
Related records 10233914

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.96959, 62.38272 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary
Rhenium Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Chromite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.96959, 62.38272

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BED ROCK IS MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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