The Little Willow Creek is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Little Willow Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Willow Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps and Tuck, 1935
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Capps and Tuck (1935) briefly comment on irregular, thin stringers of bornite and chalcocite in Paleocene to Late Cretaceous quartz monzonite. None of the stringers are more than an inch in width and 1 to 4 ft long.
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; thin stringers cut Paleocene to Late Cretaceous quartz monzonite.
References
Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., and Tuck, Ralph, 1935, The Willow Creek-Kashwitna District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-B, p. 95-113.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.
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