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Wilhelmina Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160857
MRDS ID A013393
MAS/MILS ID 0020910001
Record type Site
Current site name Wilhelmina Creek
Alternate or previous names Marvel Creek, Eagle Creek, Marvel Dome
Related records 10002463

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -159.63612, 60.91603 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 010 N 058 W 31 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -159.63612, 60.91603
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Marvel Creek Mining Co. (Attn. Charles Awe).
    ID 5000298
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mark Matter
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Description 300 Yards Processed. 42 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1306.34g
  • Year 1917
    Description 2,626 Yards Processed. 344 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 10699.59g
  • Year 1917
    Description 22 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 684.27g
  • Year 1918
    Description 2 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 62.2g
  • Year 1918
    Description 767 Yards Processed. 35 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1088.62g
  • Year 1921
    Description 70 Yards Processed. 7 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 217.72g
  • Year 1922
    Description 300 Yards Processed. 33 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1026.41g
  • Year 1923
    Description 300 Yards Processed. 33 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1026.41g
  • Year 1928
    Description 83 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2581.58g
  • Year 1928
    Description 12,000 Yards Processed. 1293 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 40216.8g
  • Year 1929
    Description 122 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3794.62g
  • Year 1929
    Description 578 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 17977.81g
  • Year 1930
    Description 95 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2954.83g
  • Year 1930
    Description 15,000 Yards Processed. 453 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14089.87g
  • Year 1931
    Description 1117 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 34742.58g
  • Year 1932
    Description 28,958 Yards Processed. 989 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 30761.34g
  • Year 1934
    Description 71 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2208.34g
  • Year 1934
    Description 454 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 14120.98g
  • Year 1936
    Description 433 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13467.8g
  • Year 1942
    Description 2857 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 88862.64g
  • Year 1946
    Description 246 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 7651.45g
  • Year 1946
    Description 100,000 Yards Processed. 1746 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 54306.67g
  • Year 1947
    Description 90 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2799.31g
  • Year 1947
    Description 125,000 Yards Processed. 682 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 21212.57g
  • Year 1948
    Description 79 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2457.17g
  • Year 1948
    Description 45,000 Yards Processed. 614 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 19097.53g
  • Year 1949
    Description 100,000 Yards Processed. 1133 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 35240.24g
  • Year 1949
    Description 144 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 4478.9g
  • Year 1950
    Description 112 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 3483.58g
  • Year 1950
    Description 90,000 Yards Processed. 883 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 27464.37g
  • Year 1953
    Description 53 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1648.48g
  • Year 1953
    Description 85,000 Yards Processed. 420 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 13063.46g
  • Year 1956
    Description 37 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1150.82g
  • Year 1956
    Description 60,000 Yards Processed. 276 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 8584.56g
  • Year 1957
    Description 42 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1306.34g
  • Year 1957
    Description 73,100 Yards Processed. 311 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9673.18g
  • Year 1959
    Description 49 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1524.07g
  • Year 1959
    Description 370 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11508.28g
  • Year 1960
    Description 29 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 902g
  • Year 1960
    Description 33,350 Yards Processed. 219 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 6811.66g
  • Year 1961
    Description 68 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 2115.03g
  • Year 1961
    Description 60,740 Yards Processed. 499 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 15520.63g
  • Year 1962
    Description 19 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 590.96g
  • Year 1962
    Description 22,222 Yards Processed. 142 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 4416.69g
  • Year 1963
    Description 39 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1213.03g
  • Year 1963
    Description 44,444 Yards Processed. 293 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 9113.31g
  • Year 1964
    Description 56 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1741.79g
  • Year 1964
    Description 19,259 Yards Processed. 414 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 12876.84g
  • Year 1965
    Description 33 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 1026.41g
  • Year 1965
    Description 11,337 Yards Processed. 245 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7620.35g
  • Year 1966
    Description 30 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 933.1g
  • Year 1966
    Description 27,500 Yards Processed. 238 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7402.62g
  • Year 1967
    Description 120,000 Yards Processed. 1536 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 47774.94g
  • Year 1967
    Description 200 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Silver Silver 6220.69g
  • Year 1968
    Description 1500 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 46655.22g

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1969: 23,439 OZ. OF GOLD AND 2,960 OZ. OF SILVER (USBMAFOC FILES). MARVEL CR. MNG. CO. CHARLES AWE JR. ANIAK, AK 99557 MARVEL CR. MNG. EMPLOYED 6 MEN AND MINED WITH A DRAGLINE, DREDGE, AND DOZER (CARNES). BEDROCK APPEARS T0 BE A SERIES OF INTERBEDDED SANDSTONES AND SHALES WITH GRANITIC INTRUSIVES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF CHIEF HEADWATER BRANCH OF MARVEL CR. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE SOURCE OF PLACER AU. THE GRAVEL DEPOSITS ARE SHALLOW, 5-25 FT. IN DEPTH. THEY ARE COMPOSED OF THE SEDIMENTRY ROCKS. PEBBLES AND COBBLES OF THE HARDENED PHASES, QUARTZITE AND SLATE, PREDOMINATE, BUT THERE ARE MANY GRANITIC BOULDERS. GOLD IN PAYING QUANTITIES HAS A SPOTTED DISTRIBUTION IN THE DEPOSIT AS A WHOLE (B622).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    B542c pp. 46-47

  • Deposit

    B592d p. 70

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 67

  • Deposit

    B622p pp. 303, 339-346

  • Deposit

    B642c p. 68

  • Deposit

    B662b p. 60

  • Deposit

    B714b p. 93

  • Deposit

    B722a p. 60

  • Deposit

    B792a p. 20

  • Deposit

    B810a p. 32

  • Deposit

    B813a p. 37

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 42

  • Deposit

    B836a pp. 43-44

  • Deposit

    B844A p. 44

  • Deposit

    B857A p. 41

  • Deposit

    B864A p. 46

  • Deposit

    B868A p. 47

  • Deposit

    B880A pp. 49-50

  • Deposit

    B897A p. 59

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 62

  • Deposit

    B917A pp. 60-61

  • Deposit

    B926A p. 57

  • Deposit

    B933A p. 53

  • Deposit

    I285

  • Deposit

    MF455

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 27

  • Deposit

    B1374 p. 42

  • Deposit

    BMOF98-76 p. 13

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,

  • Deposit

    AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Rdc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2020
MSHA mine ID5000298
Mine name (MSHA)Marvel Creek
Current operatorMarvel Creek Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Mark Matter
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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