Dome Creek Mine, Eagle District, Southeast Fairbanks Borough, Alaska, USA

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Location: Dome Creek is a small tributary of American Creek about 17 miles southwest of Eagle. The location of placer gold mining on Dome Creek is uncertain; the mine coordinates are arbitrarily placed about 1.5 miles upstream of the mouth of the creek, in section 30, T. 3 S., R. 31 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. There is another Dome Creek (EA079) in the Eagle B-1 quadrangle. Dome Creek is locality 20 of Burleigh and Lear (1994) and locality 39 of Cobb (1972 [MF-393]).
Geology: The rocks in the vicinity of Dome Creek are Paleozoic quartz-mica schist, greenschist, and local marble (Foster, 1976). Mining was reported on Dome Creek in several years from 1926 to 1937 (Smith, 1929; Smith, 1932; Smith, 1933 [B 836]; Smith, 1939 [B 910-A]). There has been considerable placer gold mining on American Creek (EA054) downstream of Dome Creek.
Workings: Mining was reported on Dome Creek in several years from 1926 to 1937 (Smith, 1929; Smith, 1932; Smith, 1933 [B 836]; Smith, 1939 [B 910-A]).
Age: Quaternary.

Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

References

Burleigh, R.E., and Lear, K.G., 1994, Compilation of data for Phase I of the mineral resource evaluation of the Bureau of Land Management Black River and Fortymile subunits: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 48-94, 116 p. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Eagle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-393, 1:250,000 scale, 1 sheet. Cobb, E.H., 1977, Summary of references to mineral occurrences in the Eagle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-845, 122 p. Foster, H.L., 1976, Geologic map of the Eagle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series, Map 922, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Smith, P.S., 1929, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1926: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 797, p. 1-50. Smith, P.S., 1932, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1929, in Smith, P.S., and others Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1929: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824-A, p. 1-81. Smith, P.S., 1933, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1930: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 836-A, p. 1-83. Smith, P.S., 1939, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1937: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 910-A, p. 1-113.

Mineral List

Gold

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.