Eagan

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308899
MRDS ID A015388
Record type Site
Current site name Eagan
Alternate or previous names Eagan Twin Creek
Related records 10160320, 10002900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.48095, 65.02367 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 31; SE1/4SE1/4 sec. 2, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is about one mile southeast of Pedro Dome, west of the Steese highway near mile post 18.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.48095, 65.02367

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Scheelite occurs as sparsely disseminated grains in thin (less than 6 inches) pegmatite dikes intruding granodiortie. The dikes are related to a porphyritic granite nearby (Byers, 1957, p. 206).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Open cuts and several small trenches expose the dikes (Byers, 1957).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Byers, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Quartz-scheelite veins.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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.