Willow Creek (placer)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10307347
Record type	Site
Current site name	Willow Creek (placer)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-148.99333, 67.66972 (WGS84)
Relative position	Willow Creek is a headwater tributary to Robert Creek and is approximately 7 to 8 miles north-northeast of the north end of Twin Lakes. The reference point is located between the mouth of Willow Creek and Little Spruce Creek, a small, south-flowing tributary to Willow Creek (sec. 19, T. 33 N., R. 6 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian). The precise location of the placer prospect on Willow Creek is not known. The location is accurate within a 1-mile radius.

Geographic coordinates:

-148.99333, 67.66972 (WGS84)

Relative position

Willow Creek is a headwater tributary to Robert Creek and is approximately 7 to 8 miles north-northeast of the north end of Twin Lakes. The reference point is located between the mouth of Willow Creek and Little Spruce Creek, a small, south-flowing tributary to Willow Creek (sec. 19, T. 33 N., R. 6 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian). The precise location of the placer prospect on Willow Creek is not known. The location is accurate within a 1-mile radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	119
USGS model code	39a
Deposit model name	Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number	54

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-148.99333, 67.66972	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = Reed (1938) reported that very good placer gold prospects were found in this creek in the early 1900s, although there is no information that would suggest these prospects were developed.
Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Koyukuk

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	CH109

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Reed, I.M., 1938, Upper Koyukuk region, Alaska (Wiseman, Chandalar, and Bettles): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-7, 201 p.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Reed, 1938

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit	Other Comments = See also: Willow Creek (CH055).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	17-NOV-99	J.M. Britton	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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