Alaska
Past Producer

Pargon Mountain

Alaska, United States
Mica
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Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite
GangueBiotite, Calcite, Garnet, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockPegmatite
AlterationClay coatings on weathered muscovite crystals is present.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001929
MRDS IDA012763
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.13628, -163.47638
References
Anderson, Eskil, 1943, The Pargon Mountain muscovite prospect, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet No. 4, 12 p.Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Hudson, T.L. 1994, Crustal melting events in Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H. C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, p. 657-670.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.