The Fourth of July Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Fourth of July Creek Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fourth of July Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tiekel
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 68 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Production): VERY MINOR PRODUCTION INCIDENTAL TO EXPLORATION
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORK 1929-1930 IS THE MOST RECENT PLACER MINING ACTIVITY IN THE AREA
Comment (Deposit): SMALL AMOUNT OF PLACER GOLD PRODUCED DURING EXPLORATION WORK IN 1929 AND 1930; NO OTHER DATA
Comment (Geology): FOURTH OF JULY CREEK IS UNDERLAIN BY METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF CRETACEOUS VALDEZ GROUP
Comment (Deposit): NOT AN IMPORTANT PRODUCER; PLACER DEPOSITS OF VALDEZ QUADRANGLE GENERALLY SPARSE AND NON-ECONOMIC ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 88
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 68
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-68
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