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: Nome
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 = This report
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface prospecting has taken place. The claims were active at least from 1967 until 1982.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mining claims have been staked on Willow Creek ), a west tributary to Osborn Creek (Kardex site Kx 284, Heiner and Porter, 1972; Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982). Four claims were located for placer gold in 1967 by Walter Glavinovich, and these claims were still active in 1982. The creek was prospected by mechanical equipment, including dozer. Gold is present but in amounts that were subeconomic during the 1960's and 1970's (P. Glavinovich, oral communication, 2000). The creek is probably cut in gravel walls. A rhyolite sill of Cretaceous or Tertiary age crops out on the hill slope south of the prospect (Hummel, 1962 [MF 247]).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Alluvial placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.
Reference (Deposit): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.
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