Eagle Creek Gulch Occurrence, McGrath District, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska, USA
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Location: The Eagle Creek Gulch occurrence is iocated just below the Stone Lode (MD074), in Section 17, T. 27 S., R. 21 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is known to within 2,500 feet (762m).
Geology: The Eagle Creek Gulch placer occurrence is a poorly understood concentration of placer gold at the head of Eagle Creek, below the Stone gold skarn deposit (MD074). May be, in part, a residual placer deposit. Age of mineralization is unknown.
Workings: Some placer mining has taken place in the 1920s and 1930s but no production records were found.
Production: Production tests were completed in the 1920s and 1930s; unkown production.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au; (Minor) - Th, U, W
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 39c)
Mineral List
3 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.
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References
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-365, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1974, Placer Deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 pages. 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.
