The White Hawk Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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White Hawk Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Hawk Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kantishna
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 17.0% PB, ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Analytical Data: 2.89 OZ AG AND 0.04 OZ AU PER TON
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Comment (Commodity): HIGH PB VALVE IN ASSAY MAKES DATA SUSPECT, NO GALENA REPORTED FOR THIS SITE
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN; POORLY EXPOSED
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY 12 FT SHAFT AND 15 FT DRIFT; CAVED BY 1975
Comment (Geology): VEIN CUTS BIRCH CREEK ROCKS; PART OF KANTISHNA HYDRAULIC FRACTURE SYSTEM
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: WATER LEVEL, SULPHIDE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM SKETCH MAP OF QUIGLEY HILL CLAIMS, USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29; BUNDTZEN, IN ADGGS OFR 98, GIVES DIFFERENT LOCATION LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 849-F, PLATE 29
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 836, P. 332
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, AK, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, AK, P. 130
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