Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Marcasite, Pyrite, Stibnite
GangueLimonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group;Gemuk Group
AlterationSilicification and limonite-staining.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002512
MRDS IDA013452
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates60.78934, -158.85279
References
Sainsbury, C.L. and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1965, Quicksilver deposits of southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1187, 89 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, 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.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.