White Knight

The White Knight is a gold and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: White Knight

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Wright and Wright, 1908; Berg, 1973

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Two claims staked in early 1900s.

Comment (Geology): 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.

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

References

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

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., 1973, Geology of Gravina Island Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1373, 41 p.

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