The Wilson Creek Gold Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 174 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 174 Feet (53 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.87611, -161.89000
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Wilson Creek Gold Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilson Creek Gold Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: PGE
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
Year Last Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Gold
Gangue: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-444, LOC. 8. PLACER EXTENDS UPSTREAM FROM LOCATION TO MOUTH OF ELEPHANT CREEK, AND IS CONTINUOUS WITH PLACERS IN DISAPPOINTMENT AND ELEPHANT CREEKS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN 1913, MINING 1914-16, INTERMITTENTLY TO 1938. MOST MINING DONE AT MOUTH OF DISAPPOINTMENT CREEK, LITTLE DONE ON WILSON CREEK ITSELF. DEEP GRAVELS NOT MINED ON WILSON CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN LOWER STRATUM OF GRAVELS. GRAVEL DEPOSITS DEEPER THAN THOSE ON DISAPPOINTMENT CREEK, BUT NOT MINED. GRAVEL COMPOSED OF SMALL, WELL ROUNDED PEBBLES TO 8 IN. DIAMETER COBBLES.
Comment (Workings): NATURE OF WORKINGS NOT DEFINED
Comment (Geology): AREA APPARENTLY NOT GLACIATED. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS MESOZOIC-PALEOZOIC SLATE AND CONGLOMERATE OF GEMUCK GROUP, WITH TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUTONS NEARBY. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF PLACER GOLD IS PROBABLY GRANITIC PLUTONS AT HEADS OF TRIBUTARY STREAMS. PLATINUM PROBABLY DERIVED FROM GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 60 FT/MI. APPARENTLY, MOST MINING OCCURRED ON DISAPPOINTMENT CREEK, AS DEEP GRAVELS OF WILSON CREEK WERE NOT MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Commodity): A FEW GRAINS OF PLATINUM FOUND IN CONCENTRATES
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-444, LOC. 8 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-156, P. 83 (1977)
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 683, P. 56-57, 59-60 (1918)
Reference (Deposit): USGS I-292 (1959)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-444-8
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