Sweetcake Creek

The Sweetcake Creek is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 180 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: Sweetcake Creek
Secondary: William Brookins
Secondary: Discovery
Secondary: Steve Pederson
Secondary: M. Obradovitch
Secondary: Macko Martin
Secondary: Buster Rhinehart
Secondary: J. A. Mccharles
Secondary: No. 1 Above Old Discovery
Secondary: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 3 1/2 Below Discovery
Secondary: Nos. 4, 4 1/2, 5-7 Below Discovery

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1934
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1934
Description: 24 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 37 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1935
Description: 52 Troy Ounces Gold
Year: 1929
Description: 4 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
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

Not available

Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): MR192-4 p. 4

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 053-025

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 053-229

Reference (Deposit): SP4 pp. 69, 112-113

Reference (Deposit): B284n p. 138

Reference (Deposit): B314j pp. 150-151

Reference (Deposit): B328 pp. 244, 250-251, 262

Reference (Deposit): B449 p. 119

Reference (Deposit): B592u p. 392

Reference (Deposit): MR192-2 p. 20

Reference (Deposit): B813a p. 41

Reference (Deposit): B880A p. 53

Reference (Deposit): B897A p. 65

Reference (Deposit): OF75-2

Reference (Deposit): OF78-181 p. 156

Reference (Deposit): MF445

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