Alaska
Past Producer

Red Devil

Alaska, United States
MercuryAntimonyArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model178: Almaden Hg
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formSEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Ore controlSee Deposit Description Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueClay, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
AlterationDiabasic Dikes Altered To Quartz, Chalcedony, Carbonate, And Sericite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1935
Last production1972
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10000476
MRDS IDA010655
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.75911, -157.32285
References
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