Silicon John
New member
Dear Steve
Your Moore Creek gold deposit has one thinking. Is there a chance that such a gold load deposit may also exist on some mountain side who's water feeds the creeks of the Chisana Mining District of Alaska?
From what you saw of the gold you panned and metal detected in the Chisana was the gold also associated with quartz? Did the gold have similar sharp edges to indicate that the gold had not traveled far. I remember seeing a few Chisana gold nuggets on a gold chain that my father had given to my mother. It seemed that the nuggets were quite rounded.
I have read that no load gold deposit was ever found in the Klondike area of Canada where the great gold rush of 1898 took place. It must have been the remains of an old warn down mountain which left the heavy gold concentrated. I guess the Chisana could be like that.
Do you remember if the mountain rock contains a mozonite intrusive like the one you found at Moore Creek?
It seems that you were only able to pan and dredge and metal detect on certain claims at the Chisana. These were the mining claims that were grand fathered in before the area became part of the Wrangell Saint Elias National Park. You were, or are, a close friend of the owner of some of the claims.
As this area belongs to the Federal Government (or all us people) would the government stand still for exploration? Would not the Chisana Mining District, being up at about 5,000 ft above sea level, be one hell of a place to find and then develop a load Mine? It would have all the problems that you must overcome at Moore Creek and then some.
Your Moore Creek gold deposit has one thinking. Is there a chance that such a gold load deposit may also exist on some mountain side who's water feeds the creeks of the Chisana Mining District of Alaska?
From what you saw of the gold you panned and metal detected in the Chisana was the gold also associated with quartz? Did the gold have similar sharp edges to indicate that the gold had not traveled far. I remember seeing a few Chisana gold nuggets on a gold chain that my father had given to my mother. It seemed that the nuggets were quite rounded.
I have read that no load gold deposit was ever found in the Klondike area of Canada where the great gold rush of 1898 took place. It must have been the remains of an old warn down mountain which left the heavy gold concentrated. I guess the Chisana could be like that.
Do you remember if the mountain rock contains a mozonite intrusive like the one you found at Moore Creek?
It seems that you were only able to pan and dredge and metal detect on certain claims at the Chisana. These were the mining claims that were grand fathered in before the area became part of the Wrangell Saint Elias National Park. You were, or are, a close friend of the owner of some of the claims.
As this area belongs to the Federal Government (or all us people) would the government stand still for exploration? Would not the Chisana Mining District, being up at about 5,000 ft above sea level, be one hell of a place to find and then develop a load Mine? It would have all the problems that you must overcome at Moore Creek and then some.