White Hawk Prospect

The White Hawk Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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