Eagle Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038108
MRDS ID M045389
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek
Alternate or previous names White Bros.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.43599, 63.01635 (WGS84)
Relative position 34 MILES EAST OF PAXON

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Copper Ore
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) PIPt

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chistochina District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1909, P. 157 (B379)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1944, P. 40-42 (B943-B)

  • Deposit

    MOFFIT, 1954A, P. 191, 194-195 (B989-D)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972, P. 17 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    5) COBB, 1972 (MF 414)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.