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Little Willow Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003482
MRDS ID A106240
Record type Site
Current site name Little Willow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.5327, 61.92955 (WGS84)
Relative position Mountains north of Little Willow Creek, 2.3 miles south of VABM Witna. Accurate within 1 mile radius. Locality 8 on plate 1 of Capps and Tuck (1935).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage D-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.5327, 61.92955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Capps and Tuck (1935) briefly comment on irregular, thin stringers of bornite and chalcocite in Paleocene to Late Cretaceous quartz monzonite. None of the stringers are more than an inch in width and 1 to 4 ft long.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; thin stringers cut Paleocene to Late Cretaceous quartz monzonite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Willow Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps and Tuck, 1935

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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