Willow Creek Mine, Chistochina Mining District, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Willow Creek Mine | Mine |
Chistochina Mining District | Mining District |
Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Census Area |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
62° 44' 30'' North , 143° 59' 44'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Slana | 147 (2011) | 4.2km |
Mentasta Lake | 112 (2011) | 23.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
202936
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:202936:1
GUID (UUID V4):
d588ab03-6ea1-4770-b39e-d9cdd07e9f1b
Location: This placer mine is on Willow Creek, a north tributary to lower Ahtell Creek. It is at an elevation of about 2,700 feet, about 0.9 mile upstream of the junction of Ahtell Creek. The site is very close to the northeast corner of the Nabesna C-6 quadrangle. This is locality 60 of Richter and others (1975). It is located to within a few hundred feet. Cobb and Richter (1980) included this mine under the name 'Willow Cr.'.
Geology: A small placer gold mine on Willow Creek was apparently worked and abandoned in the 1930's (Richter, 1964). If this deposit is similar to other gold placers in the area, the gold is probably rough, wiry, or dendritic and it may have been associated with wiry native silver and native copper (Moffit, 1954; Richter, 1964; 1966). Bedrock in Willow Creek is dominantly andesitic volcanic rocks of the upper Paleozoic, Tetelna Volcanics but felsic plutonic rocks of the Ahtell pluton are exposed about 2 miles to the west (Richter, 1966; 1976).
Workings: Small-scale surface placer workings are present.
Age: Holocene.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small.
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Copper ? Formula: Cu Description: Native copper may occur here. |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Silver ? Formula: Ag Description: Native silver may occur here. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
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ⓘ | Copper ? | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
ⓘ | Silver ? | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
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Cu | Copper | |
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Cu | ⓘ Copper | Cu |
Ag | Silver | |
Ag | ⓘ Silver | Ag |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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Link to USGS - Alaska: | NB008 |
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