| Deposit ID | 10002631 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015069 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lower Chicken Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Chicken Creek |
| Geographic coordinates: | -157.96292, 62.34911 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
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
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Allanite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Stibnite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel |
| (1) | -157.96292, 62.34911 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1911 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
| District name | Iditarod |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015069 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | ID112 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015070 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002696 |
MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1936, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 864-C, 115-245.
COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL) IN THE IDITAROD AND OPHIR QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-576, 101 P.
MILLER, M.L., BUNDTZEN, T.K., AND GRAY, J.E., 1996, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE IDITAROD QUADRANGLE, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2219-B, SCALE 1:250,000, PAMPHLET (IN PRESS).
USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC. 26.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INV. 5991, P. 16-17, 21, SAMPLE 16.
BAG-MF-363-26
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WEATHERED MONZONITE FORMS A RESIDUAL PLACER THAT GRADES DOWNSTREAM INTO ELUVIAL THEN BENCH AND STREAM PLACERS. MERTIE (1936) REPORTED FINENESS AT 862 PARTS AU AND 128 PARTS AG. CONCENTRATES CONTAIN SCHEELITE AND CINNABAR. |
| Deposit | STREAM GRADIENT 10-15%. |
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1987 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1994 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 06-MAR-1998 | Mason, George | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.