Alaska
Prospect

Mary Margaret

Alaska, United States
MercuryAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model177: Hot-spring Hg
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
AlterationOxidation of stibnite mineralization to stibiconite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002602
MRDS IDA015039
Alternate namesCoxcomb
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.16334, -154.8759
References
Sainsbury, C.L. and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1965, Quicksilver deposits of southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1187, 89 p.Maloney, R.P., 1967, Investigations of the White Mountain mercury deposit, Kuskokwim River basin, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6892, 94 pages.Gilbert, W.G., 1981, Preliminary geologic map of the Cheeneetnuk River area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 153, 19 pages, 2 sheets, 1:63,360 scale.Blodgett, R.B., and Gilbert, W.G., 1983, The Cheeneetnuk Limestone, a new Early(?) to Middle Devonian formation in the McGrath A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, west-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 85, 6 pages, one sheet, 1:63,360 scale.Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-379, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.