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Willow Creek

Past Producer 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 10308557
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.67494, 65.39972 (WGS84)
Relative position The location is the junction of Willow Creek and Birch Creek. Willow Creek empties into Birch Creek several kilometers above the mouth of the North Fork. Willow Creek is accessible where it crosses the Steese Highway. The creek has been mined at one unknown location on a very small scale.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle 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) -145.67494, 65.39972
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the area is the Upper Schist unit described by Wiltse and others (1995) as variably garnetiferous, pelitic quartz-muscovite schist, muscovite-quartz schist, and chlorite-quartz-muscovite schist, along with distinct intervals of garnetiferous, calcareous albite-porphyroblastic muscovite-chlorite schist. The creek has been mined at one unknown location on a very small scale. The creek valley is narrow, steep-sided, and contains only small quantities of gravel that will yield little gold (Yeend, 1991, p. 31).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Mining has been reported (see Workings/exploration); however, amount of production is unknown.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The creek has been mined at one location on a very small scale (Yeend, 1991, p. 31).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Yeend, 1991.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-1998 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements Avalon Development Corporation

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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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