Alaska
Prospect

Joaquin

Alaska, United States
MercuryGold
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model176: Disseminated epithermal mercury antomony
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockMonzonite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002621
MRDS IDA015058
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates62.84944, -156.22905
References
Malone, Kevin, 1962, Mercury occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 8131, 57 p.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.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.Bundtzen, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1983, Geologic map of the Iditarod D-1 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 78, scale 1:63,360.