The Ester Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Ester Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ester Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Innoko
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Production from Ester Creek from the early 1900's to 1964 was 1,110 ounces of gold and 210 ounces of silver. Production figures for Ester Creek from 1980 to 1986 are unavailable (Bundtzen and others, 1987).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1987
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Gold was being mined in Ester Creek in 1926, and it was probably mined earlier (Holzheimer, 1926 [MR 64-1]). Mertie (1936) reports mining in 1933, and Bundtzen and others (1987) indicate mining sometime during the 1980's.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary. The source of the placer gold is probably Cretaceous or Tertiary intrusive rocks (Bundtzen and others, 1987).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The drainage area of Ester Creek is underlain by undivided Cretaceous clastic rocks. The headwaters also drain several small, Cretaceous or Tertiary dikes and subvolcanic plutons (Chapman and others, 1985).? the gold in Ester Creek is 841 fine according to Metz and Hawkins (1981). Mertie (1936) reports a fineness of 836 gold and 156 parts silver. Gold was being mined in 1926, and it was probably mined earlier (Holzheimer, 1926 [MR 64-1)]. Mertie (1936) reports mining in 1933, and Bundtzen and others (1987) indicate mining sometime during the 1980's.? Production from Ester Creek between the early 1900's to 1964 was 1,110 ounces of gold and 210 ounces of silver. Production figures for Ester Creek from 1980 to 1986 are unavailable (Bundtzen and others, 1987).? Also see OP028.
References
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-367, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Green, C.B., Deagen, J., and Daniels, C.L., 1987, Alaska's mineral industry, 1986: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 40, 68 p.
Reference (Deposit): Metz, P.A., and Hawkins, D.B., 1981, A summary of gold fineness values from Alaska placer deposits: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report No. 45, 63 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.
Reference (Deposit): Holzheimer, F.W., 1926, Placer operations, Innoko district: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 64-1, 16 p.
Reference (Deposit): Chapman, R.M., Patton, W.W., and Moll, E.J., 1985, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-203, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.
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