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Willow Creek

Prospect 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 10308677
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.14217, 64.59969 (WGS84)
Relative position Placer mining claims have been staked on Willow Creek, a west tributary to Osborn Creek (Kardex site Kx 284, Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). The map location is at an elevation of about 300 feet in the SE1/4 section 19, T. 10 S., R. 33 W., Kateel River Meridian. This location is 1.1 mile north of elevation 1045 and probably accurate to within a third of a mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

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) -165.14217, 64.59969
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mining claims have been staked on Willow Creek ), a west tributary to Osborn Creek (Kardex site Kx 284, Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). Four claims were located for placer gold in 1967 by Walter Glavinovich, and these claims were still active in 1982. The creek was prospected by mechanical equipment, including dozer. Gold is present but in amounts that were subeconomic during the 1960's and 1970's (P. Glavinovich, oral communication, 2000). The creek is probably cut in gravel walls. A rhyolite sill of Cretaceous or Tertiary age crops out on the hill slope south of the prospect (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface prospecting has taken place. The claims were active at least from 1967 until 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

  • Deposit

    Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.

  • Deposit

    Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This report

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUL-00 Hawley, C.C. and Hudson, Travis L. Hawley Resource Group

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