Mine detail: Chicken Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.34911, -157.96292

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony, Chromium, Mercury, Tungsten
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Allanite, Magnetite
Other material: Chromite, Gold, Scheelite, Stibnite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911
Last production ended: 1940

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Associated type:Monzonite

References

MRDSA015069
DEP10002631
Reference{Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR., 1936, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RUBY-KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 864-C, 115-245.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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).}{Deposit:: USGS MF-363 (B-4), LOC. 26.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INV. 5991, P. 16-17, 21, SAMPLE 16.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-363-26}
ReporterPowers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.), Mason, George