Alaska
Past Producer

Red Top

Alaska, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model176: Disseminated epithermal mercury antomony
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Dickite, Dolomite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
AlterationHematite and limonite, closely associated with cinnabar and dickite, line the walls of some veins.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10002312
MRDS IDA013220
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates59.27932, -158.53266
References
Pennington, J.W., 1959, Mercury. A materials survey, with a chapter on resources by Edgar H. Bailey: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7941, 92 p.Malone, Kevin, 1962, Mercury occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 8131, 57 p.Sainsbury, C.L. and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1965, Quicksilver deposits of southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1187, 89 p.Eakins, G.R., 1968, A geochemical investigation of the Wood River-Tikchik area, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals, Geochemical Report 17, 31 p.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.Decker, J., Bergman, S.C., Blodgett, R.B., Box, S.E., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, J.G., Coonrad, W.L., Gilbert, W.G., Miller, M.L., Murphy, J.M., Robinson, M.S., and Wallace, W.K., 1994, Geology of southwestern 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. 285-310.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.Hawley, C.C., Martinez, E.E., and Marinenko, John, 1969, Geochemical data on the South ore zone, White Mountain mine, and on the gold content of other mercury ores, southwestern Alaska, in Some shorter mineral resources investigations in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 615, p. 16-20.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Dillingham quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-375, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.