Kingston

The Kingston is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Kingston

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 55.60889, -131.96694

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Kingston MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kingston


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brooks, 1902

Comment (Workings): 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).

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous.

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

Comment (Geology): 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).


References

Reference (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.

Reference (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.

Reference (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.

Reference (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.


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