Rock Creek Mine, Eagle Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Rock Creek Mine | Mine |
| Eagle Mining District | Mining District |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | Census Area |
| Alaska | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
64° 52' 23'' North , 141° 31' 15'' West
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Location: Rock Creek is a small south tributary of the Seventymile River on which some placer mining occurred hear the head of the creek. The coordinates are the location of placer workings, in section 31, T. 1 N., R. 31 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate within 1 mile. Rock Creek is locality 31 of Cobb (1972 [MF-393]) and locality 51 of Eberlein and others (1977).
Geology: The rocks along Rock Creek are Cretaceous to Pliocene terrigenous sedimentary rocks (Foster, 1976). The Tintina Fault crosses upper Rock Creek. Some coarse gold was found near the head of Rock Creek (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911) near the a lode gold prospect . The gold was concentrated on top of bedrock beneath about 50 feet of muck, but it could not be worked at a profit.
Workings: Some coarse gold was found near the head of Rock Creek, but it could not be worked profitably (Ellsworth and Parker, 1911).
Age: Quaternary.
Commodities (Major) - Au
Development Status: Yes; small
Deposit Model: Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
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