Alaska
Producer

Prince Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldMercury
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
GangueCassiterite, Scheelite, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockMonzonite,Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Argillite,Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10002633
MRDS IDA015071
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.36633, -157.93598
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.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.Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough A.H., Henning, M.W., and Hansen E.W., 1994, Alaska's mineral industry 1994: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 49, 77 p.Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 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.