Eagle Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308563
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.2728, 65.12978 (WGS84)
Relative position Eagle Creek is a northwest-flowing tributary of Washington Creek. It joins Washington Creek about 1 mile downstream of the Dome Creek junction. Eagle Creek is about 5 miles long. The coordinates are for the center of mining activity along Eagle Creek, in section 33, T. 4 N., R. 27 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian, although placer mining and prospecting probably took place along the length of the creek. The location is accurate to within 1 mile. This creek is located within Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charley River A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Charley River SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charley River C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.2728, 65.12978

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Placer gold was first found in Eagle Creek in 1907. The creek has been prospected but was never mined (Lyle, 1973). The bedrock in the Eagle Creek drainage is composed of Cretaceous to Tertiary sandstone, conglomerate, and mudstone. The sedimentary rocks are poorly sorted and poorly consolidated, and the conglomerate contains well-rounded clasts (Lyle, 1973; Dover and Miyaoka, 1988).
  • Age = Tertiary - Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Eagle

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer gold was first found in Eagle Creek in 1907. The creek has been prospected but never mined (Lyle, 1973).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Deposit Other Comments = This placer prospect lies on Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land. For more information, contact Doyon, Limited. See also Washington Creek (CY035), Nugget Creek (CY023), Dome Creek (CY009), and Surprise Creek (CY031).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 Cameron, C.E. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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.