Fourth of July Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10209860
MRDS ID A015082
MAS/MILS ID 0020730034
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Creek
Alternate or previous names Discovery, No. 1 Above Discovery, Charles G. Weiser, Nos. 1-3 Below, Mae, Mae Stuver, Joe Stuver, U.S.S.R. and M. Company
Related records 10002642

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -157.08353, 62.63772 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Takotna River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 029 N 042 W 01 NENWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -157.08353, 62.63772

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-050

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 073-066

  • Deposit

    B520c p. 40

  • Deposit

    B910A p. 59

  • Deposit

    MF363

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 30

Comments on the references

  • PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, TOM BUNDTZEN, ADGGS, 1984

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh 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.