The Unnamed (at head of Willow Creek) is a copper and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (at head of Willow Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (at head of Willow Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Council
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; limonitic staining is noted here.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = No known workings or exploration are known at this locality.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gamble, 1988
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Limonitic chlorite-actinolite schist with disseminated chalcopyrite is reported to contain 0.05 ppm Au (Gamble, 1988). Bedrock in the area is the Ordovican Casadepaga Schist, a mafic metavolcanic assemblage (Till and others, 1986).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Disseminated chalcopyrite in chlorite-actinolite schist.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
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