The Willow Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Willow Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willow Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk
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: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Anomalous zinc values were obtained by X-ray analysis of a rock sample collected in an area mapped as Devonian(?) albite-chlorite-mica schist near the contact with calcareous schist and marble (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964). Two rock samples collected by Brosgi and Reiser (1972), which appear to be from the same location as the zinc-bearing sample, contained 5.6 ppm Au in one sample and 0.8 to 1.0 ppm Au in the other.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brosgi and Reiser, 1964
References
Reference (Deposit): Brosgi, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1964, Geologic map and section of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map 1-375, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brosgi, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1972, Geochemical reconnaissance in the Wiseman and Chandalar districts and adjacent region, southern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 709, 21 p.
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