Deposit ID | 10002631 |
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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) |
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Relative position | SEE LOCATION COMMENTS |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Antimony | Tertiary |
Chromium | Tertiary |
Mercury | Tertiary |
Tungsten | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Cinnabar | Ore |
Allanite | Gangue |
Magnetite | Gangue |
Chromite | Unknown |
Gold | Unknown |
Scheelite | Unknown |
Stibnite | Unknown |
Host or associated | Associated | ||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel |
(1) | -157.96292, 62.34911 |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Year of first production | 1911 |
Year of last production | 1940 |
District name | Iditarod |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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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.
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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |