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Eagle Creek Placer

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001094
MRDS ID A011780
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek Placer
Related records 10185378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.44099, 63.00857 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • BEST LOCATION: USGS I-1031, LOC. 5; MOST MINING WAS IN CANYON JUST ABOVE MOUTH LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.44099, 63.00857
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CREEK DRAINS TYPE LOCALITY OF PERMIAN MANKOMEN FORMATION; LIMESTONE, SHALE, CONGLOMERATE, SANDSTONE, TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chistochina

Comments on development

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE EARLY 1900'S; ONLY MINOR PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD IN HETEROGENEOUS STREAM GRAVELS; CU AND PT IN CONCENTRATES
Deposit VERY MINOR PRODUCER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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