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Eureka Creek

Past Producer in Yukon Territory*, Canada with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065841
MRDS ID TC41274
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -138.83586, 63.58313 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Yukon Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINENESS: 677-754 (AU)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -138.83586, 63.58313
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIX FEET OF GRAVELS COVERED WITH 6 FT OF OVERBURDEN; AU IS COARSE, ROUGH, FLATTENED, AND CONCENTRATED AT BEDROCK; MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE IN CONCENTRATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dawson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eureka Placer Ltd.; Northern Yukon Services Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • SIZE ESTIMATED FROM 1960-1980 PRODUCTION DATA.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEBICKI, 1982, 1983; SKINNER, 1961.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J. AND BLISS, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Orris, Greta J. (Bliss, James D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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