The Big Four Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Big Four Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Four Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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): 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).
Comment (Development): MINED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE EARLY 1900'S; MINING HAMPERED BY WATER SHORTAGES; EVIDENCE OF MINING IN THE MID-1960'S
Comment (Geology): MAJOR.UNITS: CREEK HEADS IN AURIFEROUS TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE; MOST OF COURSE UNDERLAIN BY GABBROIC COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Deposit): PLACER AU IN STREAM GRAVELS DERIVED FROM TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MILLER GULCH ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 498, P. 70, 74-75
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1374, P. 26-27
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 28, P. 25-26
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 989-D, P. 193-194
Reference (Deposit): USGS 943-B, P. 29, 34
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