Willow Creek

The Willow Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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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

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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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