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Wheeler

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
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  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
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  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093993
MRDS ID A011600
Record type Site
Current site name Wheeler
Alternate or previous names Betts and Dimmick
Related records 10234209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.40268, 61.73955 (WGS84)
Relative position Prospect located above northeast bank of Grubstake Gulch, 4,500 ft southwest of VABM Home. Accurate within 2,500 ft. Locality 2 of Cobb (1972) and locality 2 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage C-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.40268, 61.73955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = According to Jasper (1962) a 17 inch quartz vein carrys pyrite, massive hematite, and bands of schist cuts Jurassic (?) quartz-muscovite-albite-chlorite (+/- garnet-biotite) pelitic schist. There is no visible gold, but high gold values were reported. Vein cuts across schistosity of country rock at orientations favorable to persistence of the vein structure over long distance, probably along a strongly developed shear zone.
  • Age = Jurassic or younger; vein cuts Jurassic schist.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Willow Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Auger-hole sampling led to discovery of two caved open cuts which were reexcavated in 1962. Vein reported to have been traced in auger holes for several thousand feet. No gold visible, but high gold values reported (Jasper, 1962).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jasper, 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 D.P. Bickerstaff U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUL-1998 S.W. Huss U.S. Geological Survey

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