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Wickersham Discovery

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307591
Record type Site
Current site name Wickersham Discovery

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.58276, 63.09962 (WGS84)
Relative position This placer gold occurrence is on an unnamed, south-flowing creek that terminates near the northwest corner of Snodgrass Lake. The area of placer activity extends for about a mile on either side of the map site, which is in the SW1/4 of sec. 9, T. 21 S., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This is location B-1 of Balen (1990: 34-90). The location is accurate to within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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) -147.58276, 63.09962
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The drainage areaof this creek is underlain by Lower Cretaceous or Upper Jurassic metamorphosed turbidite cut by Lower Tertiary granodiorite and granite (Wilson and others, 1998). These rocks locally contain gold-bearing lode deposits (for example, HE172).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active?

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Balen, 1990 (OFR 34-90)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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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