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Eagle Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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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
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101038
MRDS ID A016071
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.42224, 65.07816 (WGS84)
Relative position Eagle Creek is the north-flowing headwater tributary of Right Fork Bluestone River. Sainsbury and others (1969) mapped placer mining operations along 0.9 miles of the main drainage between surface elevations of 550 and about 635 feet (both downstream and upstream of the mouth of Walker Creek, a south tributary to Eagle Creek). These operations start about 2.25 miles upstream of the confluence with Right Fork Bluestone River and 1 mile upstream of the mouth of Bering Creek. This is locality 76 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Eagle Cr.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Teller SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Teller Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
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) -166.42224, 65.07816
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the Bering Creek drainage is a metapelitic sequence that is locally cut by metamorphosed mafic intrusive bodies (Sainsbury, 1972). The age of this sequence is uncertain but it is probably Paleozoic.?At least some placer mining on this part of Eagle Creek is recent compared to that in other areas of the Teller A-3 quadrangle. Sainsbury and others (1969) indicate that mining was taking place in 1968 or 1969. These operations took place along 0.9 miles of the main drainage between surface elevations of 550 and about 635 feet (both downstream and upstream of the mouth of Walker Creek, a south tributary to Eagle Creek). They start about 2.25 miles upstream of the confluence with Right Fork Bluestone River and 1 mile upstream of the mouth of Bering Creek. They were probably dozer and sluice opeations. Cinnabar pebbles are reported to be present in heavy mineral concentrates but otherwise the character of the placer deposit has not been described.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Not reported

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Not defined

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Placer mining operations, some as recent as 1968 or 1969, took place along 0.9 miles of the main drainage between surface elevations of 550 and about 635 feet (both downstream and upstream of the mouth of Walker Creek, a south tributary to Eagle Creek). They start about 2.25 miles upstream of the confluence with Right Fork Bluestone River and 1 mile upstream of the mouth of Bering Creek. They were probably dozer and sluice opeations.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Sainsbury and others, 1969

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-1998 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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