Wickersham Creek

The Wickersham Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Wickersham Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): Production Notes = Placer gold discovered in 1903, apparently in too small quantity to mine.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moffit, 1914

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Wickersham Creek drains an area of Lower Tertiary granodiorite and granite that cuts Lower Cretaceous and Upper Jurassic deformed and metamorphosed flysch (Wilson and others, 1998). The placer gold was probably derived from the erosion of nearby lode deposits (HE171, HE172, and HE173).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active?

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1914, Preliminary report on the Broad Pass region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-H, p. 301-305.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.

Reference (Deposit): Moffit, F.H., 1915, Broad Pass region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 608, 80 p.

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