| Deposit ID | 10001002 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011674 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chickaloon River |
| Related records | 10136899 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -148.42267, 61.81957 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | North of the town of Chickaloon, 2.5 miles upstream along the banks of the Chickaloon River, below the confluence of Boulder Creek with Chickaloon River. Accurate within 2,500 ft. Locality 86 of Cobb (1972) and location 59 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Anchorage D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Anchorage NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Anchorage C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Matanuska(hydrologic unit)
Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -148.42267, 61.81957 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Willow Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011674 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | AN076 |
Mendenhall, W.C., 1900, A reconnaissance from Resurrection Bay to the Tanana River, Alaska, in 1898: U.S. Geological Survey 20th Annual Report, part 7, p. 265-340.
Brooks, A.H., 1912, The Alaska mining industry in 1911, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1911: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 520, p. 17-44.
Brooks, A.H., 1915, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1914: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, 238 p.
Brooks, A.H., 1922, The Alaska mining industry in 1920: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722-A, p. 1-74.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Deposit | Other Comments = Most of the mining activity was probably in the upper reaches of the Chickaloon River in the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 30-JUL-1998 | D.P. Bickerstaff | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 30-JUL-1998 | S.W. Huss | U.S. Geological Survey |
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