Deposit ID | 10001570 |
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MRDS ID | A012319 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | White Knight |
Related records | 10113067 |
Geographic coordinates: | -131.86178, 55.33974 (WGS84) |
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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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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Copper | Primary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Quartz | Gangue |
Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||
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(1) | -131.86178, 55.33974 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Ketchikan |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012319 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | KC053 |
Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.
Berg, H.C., 1973, Geology of Gravina Island Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1373, 41 p.
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.
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.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c) |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-JUL-1999 | H.C. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey |