Latitude: 67°3'58"N
Longitude: 150°10'37"W
Location: Wilson Creek is a south-flowing tributary to South Fork, Koyukuk River. The mouth of Wilson Creek is about 3 or 4 miles west-northwest of Eagle Cliff and 6 miles south of Rosie Creek Pass. The location of placer prospects on the creek are unknown; the coordinates are for a location that is arbitrarily placed near the mouth of Wilson Creek. The location is accurate within one mile.
Geology: Maddren (1913) reported that gold is can be found in Wilson Creek but not in paying quantities. Reed (1938) did not visit the creek. He repeated Maddren's (1913) information and indicated that no one was working on the creek in 1937. No other information is available.
Workings: Surface prospecting.
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
References
Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Chandalar and Wiseman quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-340, 205 p. Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Wiseman quadrangle, Alaska; Supplement to Open-File Report 76-340; Part B, Lists of references to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-732-B, 22 p. Heiner, L.E., and Wolff, E.N., eds., 1968, Mineral resources of northern Alaska, Final report, submitted to the NORTH Commission: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report No. 16, 306 p. Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 quadrangle overlays. Maddren, A.G., 1913, The Koyukuk-Chandalar region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 532, 119 p. Reed, I.M., 1938, Upper Koyukuk region, Alaska (Wiseman, Chandalar, and Bettles): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-7, 201 p.
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