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Big Jim Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001391
MRDS ID A012133
Record type Site
Current site name Big Jim Creek
Alternate or previous names Suklak Creek
Related records 10185017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.05331, 67.52972 (WGS84)
Relative position Big Jim Creek is a west-flowing tributary into the southern lake of Twin Lakes, which are approximately 15 miles west of Chandalar. The location (SW1/4 sec. 2, T. 31 N., R. 7 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian) approximately coincides with locality 7 in DeYoung (1978). The location is accurate within a 1-mile radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandalar C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandalar N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandalar(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.05331, 67.52972
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This small placer mine produced native copper nuggets as well as gold (Reed, 1938). The amount of production is unknown, but it was probably quite small.
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Small-scale placer mining for gold probably was sufficiently productive to cover wages.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Worked by rocker and panning as late as 1937. No further information available.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed, 1938

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = Suklak Creek is the old name for this stream, and it was worked by 'Big Jim' Edwards. Much of the information in the primary reference is hearsay.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1999 J.M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

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