The Sandy Cove Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Sandy Cove Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sandy Cove Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1933
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
Analytical Data: SHIPMENT OF 4 TONS TEST MATERIAL CONTAINED 0.37 OZ/TON AU AND 0.15 OZ/TON AG, ECON GEOL, V.33, NO. 1, P. 68
Analytical Data: 0.333 OZ/TON AU, 1.75 OZ/TON AG, 30000 PPM CU, QUARTZ-SULFIDE VEIN CARRYING SCHEELITE, USGS OFR 78-494, TABLE C-62
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS STAKED IN 1933; DEVELOPMENT 1933-1938; 4 TON TEST SHIPMENT MADE BEFORE 1938
Comment (Location): USGS OFR 78-494, P. C-336, FIG. C-72 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS 1-12 IN THICK IN NE-STRIKING, E-DIPPING DISCONTINUOUS ALTERED ZONES 0.2-4.5 FT WIDE; VEINS CONTAIN PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, SCHEELITE, SECONDARY FE AND CU, AND AU-AG VALVES; MINOR DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND GOLD IN ALTERED ZONES
Comment (Workings): 110 FT ADIT
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MILLER PEAK, YORK CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): NEARBY ALTERED ZONES CONTAIN 0.001-0.003% CU
References
Reference (Deposit): ECON GEOL, V.33, NO. 1, P. 65-68
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, P. 21
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-008
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1121-K, P. K52
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 632, P. 3-4, 64-66, LOC. 7
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-494, P. C334-C337
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