Ester Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002986
MRDS ID A015490
Record type Site
Current site name Ester Creek
Related records 10233231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.46693, 65.49661 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 73; NW1/4NW1/4 sec. 30, T. 8 N., R. 4 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The Ester Creek mine is along Ester Creek about one half mile north of the Elliot Highway, about three miles southeast of Livengood, at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. Accuracy is within 1,500 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.46693, 65.49661

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold is found on bedrock and/or at the base of the gravel. Bedrock was 20 feet deep where it was being mined in 1916, and 90 feet deep further downstream. Concentrates contain gold, magnetite, ilmenite, picotite, cinnabar, limonite and zircon (Mertie, 1918, p. 271-272). Mining occurred in 1915 and 1916, and from 1928 to 1934 (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 60).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Mining occurred in 1915 and 1916, and from 1928 to 1934, but the amount of production was not reported (Cobb, 1976; OFR 76-633, p. 60).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Workings included at least 2 shafts, one 20 feet deep and one 90 feet deep (Mertie, 1918).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer gold deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.