Wilson Creek Gold Placer

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

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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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