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Eva Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
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  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308851
MRDS ID A015345
Record type Site
Current site name Eva Creek
Related records 10107553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.83289, 64.04862 (WGS84)
Relative position The Eva Creek mine is located in sec. 13, T. 10 S., R. 7 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The coordinates given are for a placer-mining operation that was active on Eva Creek in 1916, about one-quarter mile above the mouth of Wilson Creek. This mine is locality 65 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]). (Note that there is another Eva Creek in the Fairbanks district near Ester (FB050) that also has been placer mined for gold.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Fairbanks S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The first attempt at mining on Eva Creek took place in 1915, when a small quantity of gold was found by two men who opened a small cut in the stream bed of the upper valley (Maddren, 1918, p. 385). Mining also took place in 1916, from 1920 to 1921, from 1933 to 1938, and in 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 44]). Ralph Simonson operated a placer mine on the creek in 1989 (Bundtzen and others, 1990, p. 37). The schist in the area is the California Creek Member of the Totalanika Schist; it consists of quart-orthoclase-sericite schist and augen gneiss (Wahrhaftig, 1970 [GQ-810]). A rock unit composed of iron-oxide-cemented gravels that strike northeast and dip 23 SE is above the schist, and under the stream gravels in the upper creek (Maddren, 1918, p. 385-386). Wahrhaftig (1970 [GQ-810]), mapped the middle and lower part of Eva Creek as the Nenana Gravel. Placer gold was mined from Eva Creek in 1916, from 1920 to 1921, from 1933 to 1938, and in 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 44]). Scarce wolframite and rare scheelite were also found in placer concentrates (Joesting, 1942 [ATDM Pamph. 1]). The gold varies from 831 to 846 fine (Glover, 1950).
  • Age = Quaternary placer.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Information on placer production is not available.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The first attempt at mining on Eva Creek took place in 1915, when a small quantity of gold was found by two men who opened a small cut in the stream bed in the upper valley (Maddren, 1918, p. 385). In 1916, another placer operation was undertaken, about a quarter mile above the mouth of Wilson Creek (Maddren, 1918, p. 385). Here, three men built an automatic dam and ground sluiced a 3- to 4-foot-thick cut in stream gravels. Mining also took place from 1920 to 1921, from 1933 to 1938, and in 1940 (Cobb, 1976 [OFR 76-662, p. 44]). Ralph Simonson operated a placer mine on the creek in 1989 (Bundtzen and others, 1990, p. 37).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1976 (OFR 76-662)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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