Mine detail: Gold Bullion

Previously called 'New BullionReady BullionWillow Creek Mines Inc.'

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Location

Lat / long: 61.78845, -149.33047

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Mercury, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Unknown

Geology

Alteration processes:Wall-Rock Alteration Within A Few Inches Of The Veins Is Intense, But Seldom Extends More Than 10 To 12 Inches Beyond The Quartz Filling. Sericitization And Carbonate Alteration Predominate, But There Is Some Pyritization And In The Outer Parts Of The Alteration Zone Chloritization Is Present (Ray, 1954). Oxidation Of Copper Minerals.

References

MRDSA010710
DEP10000519
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BULLETIN 607, 86 P.}{Deposit:: CAPPS, S.R., 1916, GOLD MINING IN THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 642-G, P. 147-194, 195-200.}{Deposit:: SMITH, S.S., 1917, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 142, 66 P.}{Deposit:: SMITH, S.S., 1917, THE MINING INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1915: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 153, 66 P.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, A.H., 1918, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1916: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 662-B, P. 11-62.}{Deposit:: CAPPS, S.R., 1919, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 692-D, P. 177-205.}{Deposit:: MARTIN, G.C., 1919, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1917: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 692-A, P. 11-42.}{Deposit:: CHAPIN, THEODORE, 1920, LODE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 712-F, P. 169-176.}{Deposit:: MARTIN, G.C., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA, REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN 1918: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 712, 204 P.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, A.H., AND MARTIN, G.C., 1921, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1919: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 714, P. 59-95.}{Deposit:: CHAPIN, THEODORE, 1921, LODE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WILLOW CREEK DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 714-E, P. 201-206.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, A.H., 1922, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1920: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 722-A, P. 1-74.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, A.H., 1923, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1921: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 739-A, P. 1-50.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, A.H., AND CAPPS, S.R., 1924, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1922: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 755, P. 3-49.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, A.H., 1925, ALASK* MINERAL RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION IN 1923: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 773-A, P. 1-52.}{Deposit:: MOFFIT, F.H., 1927, MINERAL INDUSTRY IN ALASKA IN 1925 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 792-A, P. 41-49.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1929, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1926 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 797-A, P. 1-66.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1930, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1927 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 810-A, P. 1-64.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1930, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1927 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 813-A, P. 1-96.}{Deposit:: RAY, J.C., 1933, THE WILLOW CREEK GOLD-LODE DISTRICT, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 849-C, P. 165-229.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1938, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1936: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 897-A, P. 1-107.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1939, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1937: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 917-A, P. 1-113.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1941, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1939: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 926-A, P. 1-106.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P.S., 1942, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA IN 1940: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 933-A, P. 1-102.}{Deposit:: RAY, R.G., 1954, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICT, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1004, 86 P.}{Deposit:: BERG, H.C., AND COBB, E.H., 1967, METALLIFEROUS LODE DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1246, 254 P.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE ANCHORAGE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP 409, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: MACKEVETT, E.M., AND HOLLOWAY, C.D., 1977, MAP SHOWING METALLIFEROUS AND SELECTED NON-METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTHERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-169-A, 99 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., 1979, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN ANCHORAGE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1095, 184 P.}{Deposit:: STOLL, W.M., 1997, HUNTING FOR GOLD IN ALASK* TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS 1897-1951: GREENSBURG, PA, HENRY PRINTING, 301 P.}
ReporterBickerstaff, Damon P. (Huss, S. W.), Mason, George, Elliott, R. L.