Little Sore; Tom Prospect, Admiralty Mining District, Juneau, Alaska, USAi

Regional Level Types
Little Sore; Tom Prospect	Prospect
Admiralty Mining District	Mining District
Juneau	City Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Location: The Little Sore prospect is at an elevation of approximately 850 feet, 2 miles northeast of the Hawk Inlet docks and ore transfer facility, and 1.5 miles south of Young Bay. It is just east of the center of the SE1/4 section 13, T. 43 S., R. 65 E. of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate within 1/2 mile.
Geology: This deposit is reported to be geologically similar to the Greens Creek Mine (JU253) (H. Meiners, oral commun., 2000). and it on the same trend as the deposits at JU248, JU252, and JU253. There have been continuously active claims at this locality since 1975 (Wells and others, 1986). The property is currently (2001) controlled by Kennecott Greens Creek, Inc. The rocks in the general area are mainly Ordovician and Devonian to Triassic, clastic units, mafic-intermediate volcanic rocks, and subordinate limestone. The bedded rocks are intruded and locally metamorphosed by Cretaceous granodiorite (Gehrels and Berg, 1994).
Workings: There have been continuously active claims at this locality since 1975 (Wells and others, 1986). The property is currently (2001) controlled by Kennecott Greens Creek, Inc.
Development Status: None

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	JU244

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