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Big Four Mcallister Cr. Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000802
MRDS ID A011450
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Mcallister Cr. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hecla
Related records 10233590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.66534, 61.1332 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 6 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
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group;Valdez Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.66534, 61.1332
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DATA

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ACTIVE AROUND 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: BIG FOUR (MINERAL CR.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit BIG FOUR: QUARTZ VEIN 1 TO 3 FT WIDE WITH N35E STRIKE AND 70N DIP REPORTED TO CONTAIN GOLD, PYRITE AND GALENA; HECLA: TWO PARALLEL SHEAR ZONES TRENDING W40W, 7 TO 8 FT WIDE WITH IRREGULAR MASSES OF QUARTZ CARRYING PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, AND SOME AU ALTHOUGH AG CONTENT WAS REPORTEDLY HIGHER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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