The Webber Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Webber Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Webber Creek
Secondary: Weber 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: Prospect
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 (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1942
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There has been some exploration along Webber Creek, most of it prior to World War II. No placer mines have ever operated along Webber Creek (Mertie, 1942).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Alder Creek (CY001). This site is within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The bedrock in Webber Creek near Alder Creek (CY001) consists of Paleozoic phyllitic argillite; farther downstream the bedrock is composed of Cretaceous to Tertiary sedimentary rocks (Dover and Miyaoka, 1988). No extensive placer deposits have been reported along Webber Creek, and no commercial placer mining has taken place. However, a northwest-flowing tributary of Webber Creek, Alder Creek (CY001), has had some ground worked (Mertie, 1942). Gold Placers, Inc. did some test drilling along the Webber Creek in the mid 1930's, but did not find good results. In 1975, a cabin was built along Webber Creek and a road was bulldozed to its mouth (National Park Service, 1990).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Charley River and Coleen quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-632, 45 p.
Reference (Deposit): National Park Service, 1990, Final environmental impact statement, volume 1, Mining in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska: National Park Service, Anchorage, Alaska, p. 36-44.
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1942, Tertiary deposits of the Eagle-Circle district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 917-D, p. 213-264.
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