Little Washington Creek; Washington Creek Mine, Eagle Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Little Washington Creek; Washington Creek Mine	Mine
Eagle Mining District	Mining District
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: Little Washington Creek is a small north tributary of the Seventymile River. Little Washington Creek was formerly known as Washington Creek. Placer gold mining is reported at the mouth of the creek,in section 9, T. 1 N., R. 29 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate. Little Washington Creek is locality 22 of Cobb (1972 [MF-393]), locality 64 of Eberlein and others (1977), and locality 7 of Burleigh and Lear (1994).
Geology: The rocks along Little Washigton Creek are primarily Upper Cretaceous to Pliocene conglomerate (Clark and Foster, 1971; Foster, 1976). A small placer operation recovered a little gold at the mouth of Little Washington Creek and on neighboring benches in 1911 (Porter, 1912). In 1912, there was successful ground-sluicing at the mouth of Little Washington Creek, but prospecting on the upper portion of the creek did not yield significant placer gold (Ellsworth and Davenport, 1913). In 1915, a little prospecting and mining took place but the returns were minor (Brooks, 1915).
Workings: A small placer operation recovered a little gold at the mouth of Little Washington Creek and on neighboring benches in 1911 (Porter, 1912). In 1912, there was successful ground-sluicing at the mouth of Little Washington Creek, but prospecting on the upper portion of the creek did not yield significant placer gold (Ellsworth and Davenport, 1913). In 1915, a little prospecting and mining took place but the returns were minor (Brooks, 1915).
Age: Quaternary.

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

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	EA023

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