The Willow Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Willow Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willow Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ruby
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TENOR REPORTEDLY IS LOW.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD ON CLAYEY GRAVEL FALSE BEDROCK; GOLD ACCOMPANIED BY CONSIDERABLE MAGNETITE AND FEW IF ANY SULFIDE MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): A FEW HOLES WERE SUNK ABOUT A MILE FROM THE MOUTH OF THE STREAM; UPPER HOLES 35 FT. DEEP; 1/2 MILE DOWNSTREAM BEDROCK NOT REACHED AT 70 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC SETTING IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF SWIFT CREEK. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK, IN PART AT LEAST, IS GRAYWACKE.
Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): USGS MF-405, LOC. 11. PLACER MINE MARKED ON RUBY (B-6). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PROBABLY MOST OF MINING WAS ABOUT 1915; NONE KNOWN 1942-75. PROSPECTING REPORTED, 1915; RESULTS UNFAVORABLE. PRODUCTION INFERED FROM PLACER MINE MARKED ON RUBY (B-6).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-405 (B-6), LOC. 11.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 642, P. 243.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 90, LOC. 55.
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