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Fourth of July Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Lead
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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 10002703
MRDS ID A015145
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Creek Occurrence
Related records 10186010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.56942, 64.58782 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 45 MILES WSW OF EAGLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC 43. DEPOSIT AT MOUTH OF FOURTH OF JULY CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO SLATE CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.56942, 64.58782
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NO MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (C-4), LOC. 43.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 335, P. 19.

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-393-43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA IN FRAGMENTS OF VEIN FLOAT IN GRAVEL AT MOUTH OF CREEK.
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 150 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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