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Ace 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
  7. Nearby scientific data
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307440
Record type Site
Current site name Ace Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.94295, 64.85966 (WGS84)
Relative position Ace Creek is an approximately 2.5-mile-long southern tributary to Saint Patrick Creek; it is about 2.3 miles northeast of the town of Ester on the north side of Gold Hill road. The location of the prospect shafts is unknown; the only description is that of Wimmler (1926 [ATDM MR 195-11, p. 59]): 'a number of shafts were sunk on Ace Creek near Ester'. The coordinates given are on the west side of Ace Lake in about the center of the creek. The shafts could be anywhere within a mile or more from this location.

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-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks(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) -147.94295, 64.85966
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Wimmler (1926 [ATDM MR 195-11, p. 59]) reported that during the winter of 1925-26 a number of shafts were sunk on Ace Creek near Ester by Sagan & Campbell, McDaniels & Co., Alvin Martin, and others. Gold was reportedly found in one of the first shafts, although subsequent development disclosed it to be of limited extent and no significant amounts of gold were produced. The exact location of these shafts along Ace Creek is not known.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1926, a number of shafts were sunk at some unknown location along Ace Creek (Wimmler, 1926 [ATDM MR 195-11, p. 59]).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wimmler, N.L., 1926, Placer mining in Alaska in 1926: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 195-11, 121 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Wimmler, 1926 (ATDM MR 195-11)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-01 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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