Willow Creek

The Willow Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Willow Creek

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold

Comments

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Eakin, 1915

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

Comment (Geology): 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.

Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.

References

Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.

Reference (Deposit): Herreid, G.H., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of the Sinuk area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 36, 61 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:42,000.

Reference (Deposit): Martin, G.C., 1919, Alaska Mining Industry in 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692, p. 11-42

Reference (Deposit): Eakin, H.M., 1915, Placer mining in Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-I, p. 366-373.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

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