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
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
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:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The creek has been mined at one location on a very small scale (Yeend, 1991, p. 31).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock in the area is the Upper Schist unit described by Wiltse and others (1995) as variably garnetiferous, pelitic quartz-muscovite schist, muscovite-quartz schist, and chlorite-quartz-muscovite schist, along with distinct intervals of garnetiferous, calcareous albite-porphyroblastic muscovite-chlorite schist. The creek has been mined at one unknown location on a very small scale. The creek valley is narrow, steep-sided, and contains only small quantities of gravel that will yield little gold (Yeend, 1991, p. 31).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mining has been reported (see Workings/exploration); however, amount of production is unknown.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Yeend, 1991.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Yeend, W.E., 1991, Gold placers of the Circle district, Alaska - past, present, and future: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1943, 42 p.
Reference (Deposit): Wiltse, M.A., Reger, R.D., Newberry, R.J, Pessel, G.H., Pinney, D.S., Robinson, M.S., and Solie, D.N., 1995, Bedrock geologic map of the Circle mining district, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 95-02b, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Lampright, R.L., 1996, Gold placer deposits near Fairbanks Alaska: Iron Fire Publications, Nederland, Colorado, 135 p.
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