The Sweetheart Creek Gold-Lead Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 600 feet.
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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
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 57.94472, -133.63056
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Sweetheart Creek Gold-Lead Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sweetheart Creek Gold-Lead Prospect
Secondary: Cook Group Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
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
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Amphibolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): USBM OFR 85-86, FIG. 4, LOC. 158 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS STAKED BY FRANK COOK IN 1902. "ASSESSMENT WORK" CONDUCTED, BUT DETAILS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE UNKNOWN. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND GALENA-BEARING QUARTZ IN SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): DETAILS OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM 85-86, P. 47, FIG. 4, LOC. 158 (1986)
Reference (Deposit): USGS 78-698, P. 32 (1978)
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-425, LOC. 3 (1972)
Reference (Other Database): USBM-OFR-85-86-FIG-4-158
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