The Stewart is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 722 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: 722 Feet (220 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 56.9778, -135.11110
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Stewart MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stewart
Secondary: Cash Mine
Secondary: Cache Mine
Secondary: Stewart Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Doran, A. T.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Comment (Deposit): LONEY & OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (PP792) FIRST DISC. & DEV. QTZ LODE IN ALASKA 1872. PAT MS 567 IN 1904. ACTIVE TO PRESENT BUT NO RECORD OF WORK. 3 ADITS TOTALLING 300FT. ALL IN RUINS BY 1898. TRAMS ALSO OVERGROWN. BULLION PRODUCED IS UNCERTAIN. AVG. GRADE $7.50/TON AG-AU. LOCATED IN SITKA GRAYWACKE. COMPOSED OF LOW GRADE AU-AG BEARING QTZ STRINGERS CONFORM- ABLE TO COUNTRY ROCK. SULFIDES ARE PYRITE & MISPICKEL. MINE CLOSED BY STOCKHOLDERS IN 1880 & NEVER REOPENED.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 116-019
Reference (Deposit): AR18b pp. 63, 79
Reference (Deposit): AK YUKON M J V1N2 pp. 16-17
Reference (Deposit): B259d pp. 57-58
Reference (Deposit): B284e p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B314d p. 60
Reference (Deposit): B504 p. 27
Reference (Deposit): IC7844 p. 7
Reference (Deposit): ADGS AR 1966a p. 53
Reference (Deposit): MF464
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