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White Knight

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001570
MRDS ID A012319
Record type Site
Current site name White Knight
Related records 10113067

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -131.86178, 55.33974 (WGS84)
Relative position The approximate location of the White Knight prospect is near sea level on the northwest coast of Gravina Island, about 3.0 miles south of South Vallenar Point. The site is in section 27, T. 75 S., R. 89 E., of the Copper River Meridian. It corresponds to loc. 52 in Elliott and others (1978). The location probably is accurate within 0.5 mile.
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -131.86178, 55.33974
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Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rocks near the White Knight prospect are Silurian or Ordovician extrusive, intrusive, and marine sedimentary rocks that are intruded by a Silurian trondhjemite stock (Berg, 1973; Berg and others, 1988). The Silurian or Ordovician rocks have been regionally metamorphosed to greenschist grade.? Wright and Wright (1908, p. 140) describe the deposit as small masses of chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite in greenstone country rock. In the early 1900s, prospectors staked two claims on the property, which they probably explored mainly for gold.

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 = Two claims staked in early 1900s.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A012319
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF KC053

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., 1973, Geology of Gravina Island Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1373, 41 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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Wright and Wright, 1908; Berg, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1999 H.C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey