Commodities
PrimaryGold, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002616
MRDS IDA015053
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.4594, -157.91293
References
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.Maloney , R.P., 1962, Trenching and sampling of the Rhyolite mercury prospect, Kuskokwim River basin, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6141, 43 p.Bundtzen, T.K., Miller, M.L., Laird, G.M., and Bull, K.F., 1992, Geology and mineral resources of Iditarod mining district, Iditarod B-4 and eastern B-5 quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 97, 46 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Iditarod quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-363, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.