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Eagle Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Thorium, Uranium, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001656
MRDS ID A012432
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek
Related records 10160267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.89294, 63.11947 (WGS84)
Relative position The Eagle Creek placer mine is located at an elevation of 500 feet (151 m) in Eagle Creek Basin in Section 29, T. 27 S., R. 21 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Accuracy is judged to be within a one mile (1.6 km) radius based on location by White and Stevens (1953).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medfra A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Medfra S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medfra C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Thorium Secondary
Uranium Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = uranothorianite

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Allanite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sphene Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.89294, 63.11947
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Geologic descriptions of Eagle Creek placer mine (deposit) are based on descriptions of White and Stevens (1953), and personal communications with Ted Almasy of McGrath (1998). Concentrates were composed of nearly 85 percent ilmenite. Eagle Creek is a second order stream that flows southwesterly towards Crooked Creek. The paystreak mined was approximately 100 feet (30) wide and covered by 16 feet (5m) of overburden. (Ted Almasy, personal communication, 1998.) Age of mineralization is unknown. The average grade of the deposit is unknown.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Jack Nixon first mined the Eagle Creek placer gold deposit in 1918 (Ted Almasy, personal communication, 1998). Prior to World War II mining activities were intermittent and on a small scale. A production estimate is not available.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = White and Stevens, 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 39c)
Deposit Other Comments = See Eagle Creek Gulch (MD075). The Eagle Creek mine is on land selected or conveyed to Doyon Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JUN-98 Bundtzen, T.K. Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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