Mine detail: Sweeper Cove

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 51.84669, -176.64621

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Strong pyritization obscures contact according to Coats (1956), however examination in 1993 did not confirm this.

References

MRDSA106031
DEP10003288
ReferenceCoats, R.R., 1956, Geology of northern Adak Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-C, p. 45-67, 1 plate, scale 1:50,000.
ReporterF.H. Wilson, T.D. Light