Big Four Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Nickel, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112827
MRDS ID A011773
MAS/MILS ID 0020680074
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Creek
Related records 10001088

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -144.81939, 63.18438 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 020 S 015 E 14 N2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -144.81939, 63.18438

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Description 4 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 127g/mt
  • Year 1949
    Description 4,000 Yards Processed. 6 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 190g/mt
  • Year 1949
    Description 1 Troy Ounces Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 32g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 068-007

  • Deposit

    B213 p. 74

  • Deposit

    P15 p. 54

  • Deposit

    P41 p. 112

  • Deposit

    B498 pp. 70, 74-75

  • Deposit

    B692f pp. 140-141

  • Deposit

    B943B p. 34

  • Deposit

    B989D pp. 193-194

  • Deposit

    GR28 pp. 25-26

  • Deposit

    MF414

  • Deposit

    OF508 pp. 16-17

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1991 Mirl-Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.