Eagan and Eagan

The Eagan and Eagan is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Eagan and Eagan

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = By 1931, several hand trenches exposed four or five quartz-bearing shear zones approximately 100 feet apart (Hill, 1933). In 1938, two 15-foot shafts were sunk on the prospect but no information about these shafts is known (Reed, 1939).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hill, 1933

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = By 1931, several hand trenches exposed four or five quartz-bearing shear zones approximately 100 feet apart (Hill, 1933). The shear zones trend N 40 W and dip 45-60 SW the prospect is hosted in flat-lying biotite schist. One shear consists of an 8-foot-thick zone of mixed schist and quartz although most of quartz-rich portions are 1 to 2 feet wide. A 20-inch-wide quartz shear zone contained 0.36 ounces of gold per ton. In 1938, two 15-foot shafts were sunk on the prospect but no information about these shafts is known (Reed, 1939). Placer gold was produced from Kokomo Creek below the Egan prospect but its relationship to mineralization on the Eagan prospect is unknown (Burand, 1968).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-quartz vein.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This prospect was discovered and staked by J.J. Egan and Dan Egan about 1930 (Hill, 1933).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Burand, W. M., 1968, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in the Yukon-Tanana region of Alaska, 1965 and 1966: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 13, 51 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

Reference (Deposit): Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

Reference (Deposit): Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1939, Report on lode mining and development in the year 1938 in the Fairbanks mining district, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Internal Report 26 p.

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