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Ester Creek Placer

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Tungsten
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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 10002842
MRDS ID A015317
Record type Site
Current site name Ester Creek Placer
Related records 10136431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.02239, 64.84549 (WGS84)
Relative position 7-10 MILES WEST OF FAIRBANKS

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

  • USGS MF-410, LOC. 44. MINE AND TAILINGS MARKED ON FAIRBANKS (D-2,3). MINING CENTERED AROUND TOWN OF ESTER. COORDINATES GIVEN FOR CENTER OF PLACER GROUND. 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
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.02239, 64.84549
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK FLOOR BETWEEN ESTER AND CRIPPLE CREEKS NEARLY FLAT; TERRAIN IRREGULARITIES DUE TO DIFFERENT THICKNESS OF FILL. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK PRINCIPALLY MICA SCHIST; SOME GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on development

  • STAKED IN 1903, PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1905. MINED FROM 1905-63; DREDGED FROM 1937 ON. HUGE RESERVES OF AURIFEROUS GRAVELS WERE DREDGED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM AND BENCH PLACER DEPOSITS DEEPLY (15-135 FT.) BURRIED. DEPTH TO BEDROCK 4 MI. ABOVE MOUTH IS 15 FT.; AT MOUTH IS 120-135 FT. SOME TERRACE GRAVELS. 5-6 FT. OF GRAVEL AND WEATHERED BEDROCK MINED. PLACER NOT RELATED TO PRESENT STREAM COURSE. PRODUCTIVE GRAVELS AVERAGE 300 FT. WIDE. BENCH BETWEEN ESTER AND READY BULLION CREEKS IS AURIFEROUS.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT LESS THAN 50 FT. PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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