Wheeler

The Wheeler is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Wheeler
Secondary: Betts and Dimmick

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Willow Creek

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

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

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jasper, 1962

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Auger-hole sampling led to discovery of two caved open cuts which were reexcavated in 1962. Vein reported to have been traced in auger holes for several thousand feet. No gold visible, but high gold values reported (Jasper, 1962).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = According to Jasper (1962) a 17 inch quartz vein carrys pyrite, massive hematite, and bands of schist cuts Jurassic (?) quartz-muscovite-albite-chlorite (+/- garnet-biotite) pelitic schist. There is no visible gold, but high gold values were reported. Vein cuts across schistosity of country rock at orientations favorable to persistence of the vein structure over long distance, probably along a strongly developed shear zone.

Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic or younger; vein cuts Jurassic schist.

References

Reference (Deposit): Jasper, M.W., 1962, Willow Creek gold district activity, Anchorage quadrangle: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals report for the year 1962, p. 75-84.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

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.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

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