Big Four Creek

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

Name: Big Four Creek

State: Alaska

County: na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 63.18611, -144.82000

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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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