Deposit ID | 10002610 |
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MRDS ID | A015047 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Chicken Mountain |
Geographic coordinates: | -157.98292, 62.37939 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | Chicken Mtn., 4 miles N of Bonanza Creek |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Antimony | Primary |
Mercury | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Cinnabar | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
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(1) | -157.98292, 62.37939 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Iditarod |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015047 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | ID109 |
BUNDTZEN, T.K., MILLER, M.L., LAIRD, G.M., AND BULL, K.F., 1992, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDITAROD MINING DISTRICT, IDITAROD B-4 AND EASTERN B-5 QUADRANGLES, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS PROFESSIONAL REPORT 97, 46 P., 2 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.
USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC. 4.
USGS BULL. 649, P. 49.
BAG-MF-363-4
Bundtzen, T.K., Miller, M.L., Laird, G.M., and Bull, K.F., 1992, Geology and mineral resources of Iditarod mining district, Iditarod B-4 and eastern B-5 quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 97, 46 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Epithermal vein |
Deposit | Other Comments = Sampling by USBM (Maloney, 1962) of 'upper Chicken Creek' is approximately same area as this prospect. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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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 |