Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10000650 |
MRDS ID |
A011269 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Eureka Creek Placer |
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
United States |
Alaska |
Public Land Survey System information
Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
|
016S;016S |
017W;018W |
7,8;12,13 |
|
Alaska |
Comments on the location information
- PLACERED AREA EXTENDS ABOUT 2 MI UPSTREAM FROM LOCATION; RICHEST DEPOSITS FOUND NEAR CONFLUENCE OF MOOSE CR. AND EUREKA CR. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Gold |
Primary |
Lead |
Tertiary |
Antimony |
Tertiary |
Comments on the commodity information
- SKETCHY REPORT OF 50 TONS OF SB ORE BEING MINED IN 1915 FROM NEARBY VEIN
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Galena |
Ore |
Gold |
Ore |
Stibnite |
Ore |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Unconsolidated Deposit
> Gravel |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Holocene |
|
Ore body information
Thickness |
1.52M
|
Width |
30.48M
|
Comments on the geologic information
- GEOL.COM: GOLD LIES MAINLY IN TOP 1 TO 3 FT OF RIPPABLE BEDROCK ; MAJOR.UNITS: QUARTZITIC AND CARBONACEOUS SCHISTS AND GREENSTONE INTRUDED BY BASALTIC DIKES. UPPER PART OF VALLEY: SUBANGULAR SCHIST GRAVELS OF LOCAL DERIVATION; IN THE LOWER PART OF THE VALLEY, THESE GRAVELS BECOME MIXED WITH BOULDERS OF GRANODIORITE, GREENSTONE, CHERT PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE AND METAMORPHIC SLATES WHERE EUREKA CR. HAS ERODED DOWN INTO MOOSE CR. BENCH MATERIAL. ; REG.COM: KANTISHNA LODE DEPOSITS