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Kingston

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001560
MRDS ID A012308
Record type Site
Current site name Kingston
Related records 10112863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.96873, 55.60863 (WGS84)
Relative position The approximate location of the Kingston prospect is at an elevation of about 100 feet, 0.1 mile inland from the southwest shore of Helm Bay, and about 1.4 miles from the mouth of the bay. The site is in section 19, T. 72 S., R. 88 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 32 in Elliott and others (1978). The location is accurate within about 0.3 mile.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.96873, 55.60863
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks at this site are flyschlike metasedimentary rocks that gradationally intertongue with andesitic and basaltic metavolcanic rocks (Berg and others, 1988, p. 17-19). The strata were regionally metamorphosed to greenschist-grade phyllite and semischist in Late Cretaceous time (Brew, 1996, p. 27). Their premetamorphic age is uncertain. Berg and others (1988, p. 17) state that they closely resemble Upper Jurassic to mid-Cretaceous marine flysch and volcanic rocks nearby on Gravina Island. Near Smugglers Cove, they are intruded by metadiorite that may be transitional to the metavolcanic rocks (Berg and others, 1988, p. 20).? the deposit consists of a quartz-fissure-vein stockwork 6-30 feet wide in chloritic schist (Brooks, 1902, p. 58). The largest vein observed by Brooks was 6 feet wide. Assays of the deposit made in the early 1900s reportedly showed gold values of $2.50-$600/ton (Au at $20.67/oz.).? Fluid inclusion studies of quartz vein material from several of the Helm Bay lodes suggest that the veins formed at temperatures and pressures consistent with conditions during the Late Cretaceous greenschist-grade regional metamorphism (Maas and others, 1995, p. 184).
  • Age = Late Cretaceous.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Ketchikan

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Assays of the deposit made in the early 1900s reportedly showed gold values of $2.50-$600/ton (Au at $20.67/oz.) (Brooks, 1902, p. 58).

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012308
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF KC032

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1902, Preliminary report on the Ketchikan mining district, Alaska, with an introductory sketch of the geology of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1, 120 p.

  • Deposit

    Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Brew, D.A., 1996, Geologic map of the Craig, Dixon Entrance, and parts of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2319, 53 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Brooks, 1902

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide gold-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUN-1999 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey