Emma Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282237
MRDS ID A015316
MAS/MILS ID 0020580043
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Creek
Alternate or previous names Horseshoe Assn., May Day Assn., Bingo, Heine Assn., Alder Creek, Crow Assn., Iceworm Assn., Nugget Assn., Big Chunk, Jackson Assn., Paystreak
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Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -148.11825, 64.81796 (WGS84)
Elevation 272
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 001 S 003 W 15 NWNESE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS CRIB A001052 REFERENCE POINT IS ON EMMA CREEK, TRIBUTARY OF ALDER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) PzPxyqs

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1921

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Description 1,501 Yards Processed. 232 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 7216g
  • Year 1922
    Description 200 Yards Processed. 37 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1150.82g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mirl U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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