The Dave's Dream is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Dave's Dream MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dave's Dream
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The claims were staked in the 1970's and were prospected in the 1990's for several years. As of 1998, the validity of the claims is in dispute and is being contested legally.
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Possibly some gold produced during prospecting at the site.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This description
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Unknown
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Four placer gold claims were staked at the site in the mid-70's and there was at least serious prospecting through the late 1990's. The site consists of glacial basin may have served as a natural trap for heavy minerals in a gravel section 60 feet or so thick (oral communication John Kato, U. S. Forest Service, 1998). Currently (1998) the validity of the claims is under dispute and is being contested in the courts.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Within the Le Conte Wilderness Area.
References
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Berg, H.C., 1998, Alaska Resource Data File, Petersburg quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-784, 176 p.
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