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Dave's Dream

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308042
Record type Site
Current site name Dave's Dream

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -132.44887, 56.83475 (WGS84)
Relative position Four claims staked in a glacial valley on an unnamed stream that drains into the north side of Le Conte Bay about 2 1/2 miles west of the terminus of the Le Conte Glacier. The claims are in relatively flat section of the creek, mostly in the SE1/4 of section 14, T. 58 S., R. 82 E. but a portion extends down into the NE1/4, section 23, T. 58 S., R. 82 E. Coordinates are about the center of the claims.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Stikine-LeConte Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -132.44887, 56.83475
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Mining district

District name Petersburg

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Possibly some gold produced during prospecting at the site.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Unknown

Comments on the workings information

  • 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = This description

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Placer gold (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = Within the Le Conte Wilderness Area.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-98 H.C. Berg and D.J. Grybeck U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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