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Wilson Creek (including Happy Creek)

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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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 10308993
MRDS ID A013410
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Creek (including Happy Creek)
Related records 10002477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.88294, 61.8723 (WGS84)
Relative position Wilson Creek is a west-flowing drainage in the lowlands north of Mount Okumiak. It has been placer mined between the junction of Elephant Creek (RM004) and Disappointment Creek (RM001). The map site is in the NW1/4 sec. 35, T. 21 N., R. 69 W., of the Seward Meridian. It is included in locality 8 of Hoare and Cobb (1972, 1977).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission D-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Platinum 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) -161.88294, 61.8723
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold was discovered on Wilson Creek in 1913, and some mining took place on this creek between the mouths of Disappointment Creek (RM001) and Elephant Creek (RM004). The placer deposit on Wilson Creek may be continuous with those on Disappointment and Elephant Creeks. Happy Creek is a north tributary to Wilson Creek that enters between Disappointment and Elephant Creeks. Fine, well-worn gold on bedrock was reported on Happy Creek (Brooks, 1915). It is assumed that Brooks' report refers to lower Happy Creek near the Wilson Creek flood plain. In general, gold was irregularly distributed in deeper gravels of Wilson Creek.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Marshall

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The workings along Wilson Creek were probably open-cut operations.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1915, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1914: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, 238 p.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.

  • Deposit

    Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hoare and Cobb, 1977

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 10-JUN-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology
Reporter 10-JUN-2001 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

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