The Eagle Creek is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Eagle Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
District: McGrath
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Shoreline placer Ti
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Allanite
Gangue: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 39c)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Eagle Creek Gulch (MD075). The Eagle Creek mine is on land selected or conveyed to Doyon Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = uranothorianite
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = White and Stevens, 1953
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Geologic descriptions of Eagle Creek placer mine (deposit) are based on descriptions of White and Stevens (1953), and personal communications with Ted Almasy of McGrath (1998). Concentrates were composed of nearly 85 percent ilmenite. Eagle Creek is a second order stream that flows southwesterly towards Crooked Creek. The paystreak mined was approximately 100 feet (30) wide and covered by 16 feet (5m) of overburden. (Ted Almasy, personal communication, 1998.) Age of mineralization is unknown. The average grade of the deposit is unknown.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Jack Nixon first mined the Eagle Creek placer gold deposit in 1918 (Ted Almasy, personal communication, 1998). Prior to World War II mining activities were intermittent and on a small scale. A production estimate is not available.
References
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): White, M.G., and Stevens, J.M., 1953, Reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in the Ruby-Poorman and Nixon Fork districts, west-central Alaska, in 1949: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 279, 19 pages.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1974, Placer Deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 pages.
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