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Fourth of July Cr. Placer

Past 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003044
MRDS ID A015567
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Cr. Placer
Related records 10135732

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -155.50309, 64.39393 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(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

Ruby B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ruby S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • TRIBUTARY OF LONG CREEK. PLACER GROUND NEAR MOUTH ALONG BENCH EAST OF LONG 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
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -155.50309, 64.39393
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • MINING AROUND MOUTH OF THIS SMALL CREEK PROBABLY IN BENCH GRAVELS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LONG CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 77-168 D, P. 85, LOC. 21

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 239, P. 50-51

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 81-170, P. 34.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAM GRADIENT APPROXIMATELY 100-150 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.
Deposit PLACER GROUND WHERE FOURTH OF JULY CR. CUTS GOLD BEARING BENCH DEPOSITS OF LONG CREEK. NO CASSITERITE WITH GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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