Big Four Creek

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-144.82269, 63.18579 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

LOCATION GIVEN FOR PLACER WORKINGS ON BIG FOUR CREEK AS SHOWN ON FIGURE 1 OF ADGGS GR28 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)	-144.82269, 63.18579	ListMap

Comments on the geologic information

MAJOR.UNITS: CREEK HEADS IN AURIFEROUS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE; MOST OF COURSE UNDERLAIN BY GABBROIC COUNTRY ROCK

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on development

MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE EARLY 1900'S; MINING HAMPERED BY WATER SHORTAGES; EVIDENCE OF MINING IN THE MID-1960'S

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A011773

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULL 1374, P. 26-27
Deposit

ADGGS GR 28, P. 25-26
Deposit

USGS BULL 989-D, P. 193-194
Deposit

USGS 943-B, P. 29, 34
Deposit

USGS BULL 498, P. 70, 74-75

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SEE ALSO: MILLER GULCH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit	PLACER AU IN STREAM GRAVELS DERIVED FROM TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-AUG-1985	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey