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Fourth of July Creek

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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112866
MRDS ID A011530
MAS/MILS ID 0020860092
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Creek
Alternate or previous names Glorious Fourth Creek, Tickel, Stanley Nickols
Related records 10000877

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.21335, 61.47823 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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
Copper River 004 S 001 E 34 SWSENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.21335, 61.47823
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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 1925

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1925
    Description 33 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1044g/mt
  • Year 1929
    Description 3 Troy Ounces Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 95g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-126

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-127

  • Deposit

    B592k p. 237

  • Deposit

    B824a p. 28

  • Deposit

    B836a p. 28

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 360901 p. 7

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 380811 p. 6

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A003756

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mirl-Wlg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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