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Big Four Creek

Producer 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
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001088
MRDS ID A011773
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Creek
Related records 10112827

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.82269, 63.18579 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hayes A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Hayes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(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 GIVEN FOR PLACER WORKINGS ON BIG FOUR CREEK AS SHOWN ON FIGURE 1 OF ADGGS GR28 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.82269, 63.18579
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: CREEK HEADS IN AURIFEROUS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE; MOST OF COURSE UNDERLAIN BY GABBROIC COUNTRY ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE EARLY 1900'S; MINING HAMPERED BY WATER SHORTAGES; EVIDENCE OF MINING IN THE MID-1960'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MILLER GULCH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit PLACER AU IN STREAM GRAVELS DERIVED FROM TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) 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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