Alaska
Past Producer

Lucky Day

Alaska, United States
MercuryAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Pyrite, Stibnite
GangueDickite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
Associated rockLimestone · Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;Gemuck Group
AlterationVariable quartz-carbonate-clay alteration of graywacke,siltstone, and mafic intrusive country rock.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10002513
MRDS IDA013453
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates60.74934, -158.85279
References
Rutledge, F.A., 1950, Investigation of mercury deposits, Cinnabar Creek area, Georgetown and Akiak districts, Kuskokwim region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4719, 9 p.Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.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.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., 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.