Joe Wilson Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234229
MRDS ID A001000
MAS/MILS ID 0020600034
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Wilson Creek
Alternate or previous names Wilson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -142.02348, 64.05395 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 026 N 017 E 11 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -142.02348, 64.05395

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-088

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-323

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 060-329

  • Deposit

    POWERS, J.B. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FORTYMILE MINING DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    TO 1935. AK. TERR. DEPT. OF MINES MINER. REP. MR 60-2, 1935

  • Deposit

    19 PP.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P.S. MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1935. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. BULL. 880-A, 1937, PP. 43, 47.

  • Deposit

    BUNDTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, J.R. DEAGEN, AND J.L. MOORE.

  • Deposit

    ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1989. AK. DIV. GEOL. AND GEOPHYS

  • Deposit

    SURV. SPEC. REP. NO. 44, 1990, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    BURLEIGH, R.E., AND K.G. LEAR. COMPILATION OF DATA FOR

  • Deposit

    PHASE 1 OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EVALUATION OF THE BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    LAND MANAGEMENT BLACK RIVER AND FORTYMILE RIVER SUBUNITS.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES OFR 48-94, 1994, 116 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.