| Deposit ID | 10000716 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A011357 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wickersham Creek |
| Related records | 10136541 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -147.69276, 63.10962 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | This gold placer prospect is on Wickersham Creek about 3 miles upstream from its junction with Butte Creek. The map site is at the midpoint of a mile-long interval of placer activity, in sec. 11, T. 21 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location 69 of Clark and Cobb (1972); and location B-6 of Balen (1990: 34-90). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Healy A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)
Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -147.69276, 63.10962 |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Valdez Creek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011357 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | HE174 |
Moffit, F.H., 1915, Broad Pass region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 608, 80 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.
Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Moffit, F.H., 1914, Preliminary report on the Broad Pass region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-H, p. 301-305.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-APR-2000 | N. Van Wyck | Stevens Exploration Management Corporation |
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