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Willow Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten, Gold, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002993
MRDS ID A015500
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Prospect
Related records 10232790

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.45296, 65.06218 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 24 MILES BY ROAD NE OF FAIRBANKS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-413, LOC. 88. HEADWATER TRIBUTARY OF CLEARY CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Wolframite Gangue
Gold Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANY LODE PROSPECTS IN AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF MINING, ALTHOUGH THERE PROBABLY WAS SOME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 88.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET NO. 2, P. 7, 1943.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 42, P. 29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER CASSITERITE COMMON; PLACER SCHEELITE ABUNDANT. HIGH GRADE STIBNITE IN PLACER CUT. NEARBY LODE PROSPECTS CARRY GOLD.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 400 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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