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Emma Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002841
MRDS ID A015316
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Creek
Related records 10282237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.12184, 64.82772 (WGS84)
Relative position The Emma Creek prospect is located in the NE1/4SE1/4 sec. 15, T. 1 S., R. 3 W., Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is approximately 1 mile upstream from the mouth of Emma Creek in the vicinity of the Lookout mine (FB003); it is about 3 miles west-southwest of the town of Ester. The prospect is locality 43 of Cobb (1972 [MF 410]).

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.12184, 64.82772
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Emma Creek is a tributary of Alder Creek and drains an area of Fairbanks Schist that is composed of quartz-muscovite schist, quartzite, and chlorite-quartz schist (Newberry and others, 1996). Ellsworth and Parker (1911, p. 158), indicated that there may have been a little mining in 1910. It is unclear what kind of mining, lode or placer. It is assumed, but not known, that the commodity was gold. The Lookout gold mine (FB003) is located upstream, about 1,000 feet west-northwest of this prospect; here gold was produced from a 6-foot wide, auriferous leucocratic dike that cuts a northeast-trending vein (Chapman and Foster, 1969, p. D19).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Ellsworth and Parker (1911, p. 158) indicated that there may have been a little mining in 1910.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Ellsworth and Parker, 1911

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 31-JUL-2001 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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