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Willow Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038117
MRDS ID M045400
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek
Alternate or previous names Bumblebee, Johnson and Ostnes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.91126, 61.81597 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES WEST OF RUSSIAN MISSION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.91126, 61.81597
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1913-1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1915, P. 66 (B622)

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1916A, P. 67 (B642)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, S. S., 1917A, P. 26 (BMB 142)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, S. S., 1917B, P. 53 (BMB 153)

  • Deposit

    5) BROOKS, 1918, P. 59 (B662)

  • Deposit

    6) HARRINGTON, 1918A, P. 343-345 (B662)

  • Deposit

    7) HARRINGTON, 1918B, P. 60-62 (B603)

  • Deposit

    8) MARTIN, 1919, P. 39 (B692)

  • Deposit

    9) BROOKS, 1923, P. 40 (B739)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 15 (B783)

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 24 (B797)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 35 (B813)

  • Deposit

    13) SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 40-41 (B824)

  • Deposit

    14) SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 41 (B836)

  • Deposit

    15) SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 40 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    16) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 38 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    17) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 43 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    18) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 43 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    19) SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 45 (B880-A)

  • Deposit

    20) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 53 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    21) SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 54 (B910-A)

  • Deposit

    22) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 52 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    23) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 46 (B926-A)

  • Deposit

    24) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 44 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    25) JOESTING, 1942, P. 20 (TDM 1)

  • Deposit

    26) WEST, 1954, P. 8 (C328)

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    27) HOARE AND COONRAD, 1959B (I-292)

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    28) KOSCHMANN AND BERGENDAHL, 1968, P. 29 (P610)

  • Deposit

    29) COBB, 1972, P. 89 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    30) COBB, 1972 (MF 444)

  • Deposit

    31) SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 35 (B813)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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