Wet Gulch Prospect, Willow Creek Mining District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Wet Gulch Prospect | Prospect |
| Willow Creek Mining District | Mining District |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Borough |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 45' 36'' North , 149° 29' 23'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fishhook | 4,679 (2011) | 13.5km |
| Tanaina | 8,197 (2011) | 15.1km |
| Meadow Lakes | 7,570 (2011) | 16.1km |
| Lakes | 8,364 (2011) | 19.5km |
| Wasilla | 9,284 (2017) | 20.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Mat-Su Rock and Mineral Club | Palmer, Alaska | 27km |
Very little information on site. Years of prospecting on claims held at confluence of Wet Gulch and Willow Creek, locality 68 of Cobb (1973), resulted in no appreciable production.
Location: Along Wet Gulch, a northward flowing tributary of Willow Creek, 4,000 ft north of VABM Wet (Cobb, 1979). Accuracy is poor due to insufficient data.
Geology: Placer gold claims on stream. The bedrock in the Wet Gulch drainage is Jurassic (?) quartz-albite-chlorite (+/- garnet-biotite) pelitic schist.
Workings: Assessment work on placer claims was carried out in 1950 (Ray, 1954).
Age: Quaternary
Production: None known.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS - Alaska: | AN010 |
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