Wildcat Creek

Past Producer 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. 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 10097567
MRDS ID A015498
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.7199, 65.01578 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 82; SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 10, T. 2 N., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for the center of placer deposits in the lower one-half mile of Wildcat Creek. Accuracy is within 1,000 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(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) -147.7199, 65.01578

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Low-grade gold-bearing gravels were mined for about half a mile above the mouth of Wildcat Creek (Prindle and Katz, 1913, p. 101).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = No record on amount of production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Mining was reported in 1912, 1913 and 1915 (Ellsworth and Davenport, 1913; Brooks, 1914; Chapin, 1914; Brooks, 1916; B 642).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Prindle and Katz, 1913

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

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.