Eva Creek Placer

The Eva Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Eva Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield

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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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
Unknown: Wolframite
Unknown: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GRAVELS IN UPPER 1.5 MILES OF CREEK OVERLYING SCHIST ARE AURIFEROUS. GRAVELS OVERLYING NENANA GRAVEL UP TO 1/2 MI. DOWNSTREAM OF SCHIST AREA CARRY GOLD. FLOAT NEAR LIBERTY BELL MINE CONTAINS GOLD, BISMUTH, AND ARSENOPYRITE. SCARCE PLACER SCHEELITE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-410, LOC. 65. PLACER DEPOSITS IN HEADWATER SECTION OF EVA CREEK NEAR AND DOWNSTREAM OF LIBERTY BELL MINE MARKED ON FAIRBANKS (D-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): MINING REPORTED IN 1915, 1916, 1920-21, 1933-38, AND 1940. OPEN-CUT METHODS REPORTED. AUTOMATIC DAM BUILT IN 1916 ON CUT ABOUT 1/4 MI. ABOVE MOUTH OF WILSON CR.

Comment (Geology): SCHIST IN HEADWATER SECTION OF CREEK EXPOSED BY RECENT EROSION OF OVERLYING GRAVELS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK FOR THE UPPER 1.5 MILES OF CREEK IS SCHIST; LOWER 3.5 MILES CUT IN NENANA GRAVEL. TRANSITION FROM SCHIST TO GRAVEL BEDROCK ABOUT 1/4-1/2 MILE ABOVE THE MOUTH OF WILSON CREEK. ; REG.COM: GOLD PROBABLY DERIVED FROM LIBERTY BELL AND SIMILAR LODES. THE FACT THAT NO NOTABLE CONCENTRATIONS OF PLACER GOLD HAVE BEEN FOUND DOWNSTREAM OF WILSON CR. CONFLUENCE, POINTS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT OLD GRAVELS CARRY VERY LITTLE IF ANY GOLD.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-410 (A-4), LOC. 65

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 662, P. 384-386.

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