The Eagle Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 65.4525, -145.42360
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Eagle Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Stanley Gelvin
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979
Production
Year: 1918
Description: 1610 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1917
Description: 282 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1956
Description: 20,000 Yards Processed. 227 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1955
Description: 48 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1954
Description: 232 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1951
Description: 4,000 Yards Processed. 131 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1950
Description: 2 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1949
Description: 7 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 49 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1947
Description: 452 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 231 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1942
Description: 229 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1934
Description: 38 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 227 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1929
Description: 1954 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 129 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1926
Description: 55,000 Yards Processed. 1601 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1923
Description: 17,000 Yards Processed. 267 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1922
Description: 49,860 Yards Processed. 956 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1921
Description: 20,740 Yards Processed. 467 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1920
Description: 25,000 Yards Processed. 927 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1919
Description: 96 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1919
Description: 19,000 Yards Processed. 855 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1918
Description: 146 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1916
Description: 1,000 Yards Processed. 1331 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1927
Description: 24,000 Yards Processed. 1169 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1924
Description: 24,000 Yards Processed. 408 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1956
Description: 18 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1955
Description: 1,780 Yards Processed. 538 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1954
Description: 20 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1917
Description: 50,000 Yards Processed. 1817 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1952
Description: 7,407 Yards Processed. 61 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1951
Description: 14 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1950
Description: 600 Yards Processed. 23 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1949
Description: 40,000 Yards Processed. 89 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1945
Description: 34 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: 42 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 88 Yards Processed. 290 Troy Ounces Gold
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-006
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-014
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-035A
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-036
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 050-037
Reference (Deposit): BUNTZEN, T.K., R.C. SWAINBANK, A.H. CLOUGH, M.W. HENNING,
Reference (Deposit): AND E.W. HANSEN. ALASKA'S MINERAL INDUSTRY 1993. AK DIV.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND GEOPHYS. SURV. SPEC. REP. 48, 1994, P. 30.
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