Eagle Creek Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120751
MAS/MILS ID 0160790528
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.82212, 47.72347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 051 N 005 E 33 NESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 8 MI. NORTH ON EAGLE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.82212, 47.72347

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eagle Creek Placer, 618 D, Pinehurst, Idaho 83850
    ID 1001555
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT. DATED SEPT. 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1985 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/14/1987
MSHA mine ID1001555
Mine name (MSHA)Eagle Creek Placer
Current operatorB O T A Enterprises Inc
Current controller (parent)Kel D'Or Resources
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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