White Knight Prospect, Ketchikan District, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, USA
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Geology: 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.
Workings: Two claims staked in early 1900s.
Commodities (Major) - Au?, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Mineral List
4 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.
The above list contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
References
Berg, H.C., 1973, Geology of Gravina Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1373, 41 p. 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 I-1807, 27 p., scale 1:250,000. Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-73-B, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.
