Sweetheart Creek Gold-Lead Prospect

The Sweetheart Creek Gold-Lead Prospect is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 600 feet.

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

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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

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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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