Alaska
Past Producer

White Mountain

Alaska, United States
MercuryAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Pyrite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Dickite, Dolomite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockDolomite
AlterationExtensive dolomitic and chalcedonic alteration; minor dickite, limonite, and calcite alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10002600
MRDS IDA015037
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.18251, -154.85174
References
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