Mine detail: Sweepstake Mining Co.

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Location

Lat / long:

60.99263, -147.92508

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Slate
Host type:	Slate
Alteration processes:	Sulphides In Places Altered To Limonite

References

MRDS	A010551
DEP	10000391
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 592, P. 214-220}{Deposit:: USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES 880-A, LOCATION 148}{Deposit:: USGS OPEN FILE 80-621, P. 229}
Reporter	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)