Alaska
Prospect

Egnaty Creek

Alaska, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model178: Almaden Hg
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002489
MRDS IDA013427
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.86632, -157.87898
References
Maloney, R.P., 1968, Soil sampling at the Egnaty Creek mercury prospect, Kuskokwim River basin, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 16-68, 6 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, scale 1:250,000.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.Meyer, M.P., 1985, Mineral investigation of the Iditarod-George planning block, central Kuskokwim River area, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 9-85, 232 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Rytuba, J.J., 1986, Descriptive model of Almaden Hg, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds. Mineral Deposit Models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 180.Miller, M.L., Belkin, H.E., Blodgett, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Cady, J.W., Goldfarb, R.J., Gray, J.E., McGimsey, R.G., and Simpson, S.L., 1989, Pre-field study and mineral resource assessment of the Sleetmute quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-363, 115 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.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.