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Wilbur 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 10002988
MRDS ID A015492
Record type Site
Current site name Wilbur Creek
Related records 10160191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.36414, 65.45773 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 75; SW1/4SW1/4 T. 7 N., R. 4 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the center of placer deposits that are on the lower half mile of Wilbur Creek, a tributary of the Tolovana River.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood 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) -148.36414, 65.45773
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold prospects were found in 1915 and 1921. Mining began about 1926 and continued on a small scale into the 1940's and sporadically until the late 1980's when Green and others (1988) reported that drift mining had been discontinued (Eberlein and others, 1977; Cobb, 1976, OFR 76-633; Green and others, 1989). Mining is apparently confined to the lower one-half mile of Wilbur Creek (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 73).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No record of amount of production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Small scale placer mining. Mining began about 1926 and continued on a small scale into the 1940's and sporadically until the late 1980's when Green and others (1988) reported that drift mining was discontinued (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 73; Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 210; Green and others, 1989, p. 36). In 1987, 4500 cubic yards of pay gravel was extracted from an underground mining operation.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Eberlein and others, 1977

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 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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