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Ester Dome Area

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000524
MRDS ID A010719
Record type Site
Current site name Ester Dome Area
Related records 10281963, 10208763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.06406, 64.87744 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • A PRODUCTIVE PLACER AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 35 SQ MI. APPROXIMATELY CENTERED AROUND GIVEN LOCATION 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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) PzPxyqs
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MICA SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Fairbanks District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 500,000 TO Z AU BY 1924 AND PROBABLY ABOUT 1.5 MILLION TO Z ALL TOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING WAS PRIMARY METHOD OF MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENCH + STREAM PLACERS WERE EQUALLY PRODUCTIVE. MORE THAN 100 FEET OF MATERIAL OVER FLAT BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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