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Willow Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tin
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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 10002106
MRDS ID A012970
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek
Related records 10136346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.69578, 64.599 (WGS84)
Relative position Willow Creek is a west tributary to lower Penny River. The mouth of Willow Creek is about 500 feet down Penny River from the Nome-Teller road. The location is the approximate mid-point of patented claims that extend for about 2.5 miles along the creek.

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-2(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
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) -165.69578, 64.599
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A placer gold deposit on Willow Creek was mined as early as 1914 (Eakin, 1915 [B 622-I, p. 369-370]). Claims were patented about 1924, and activity continued at least until 1965 (Heiner and Porter, 1972, Kardex site Kx 52-100; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). The main block of claims was patented as U.S. Mineral Survey No. 1866. Cassiterite was reported in the concentrates (Martin, 1919, p. 20).? Willow Creek cuts across the Penny River fault about 4,000 feet above its mouth. Uppermost Willow Creek is in the massive marble unit of Bundtzen and others (1994). The source of cassiterite and gold in Willow Creek is uncertain, although Herreid (1970, p. 20) indicated that some bedrock mineralization is present in the area.
  • 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 Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Open cut mining took place before 1914. A large block of claims was patented by 1924.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eakin, 1915

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 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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