Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (lower Slate Creek)

Alaska, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Deposit
Model179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Materials
GangueQuartz
Geology
AlterationQuartz and carbonate replacement of serpentinite.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10307256
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates60.92932, -159.93282
References
Frost, T.P., 1990, Geology and geochemistry of mineralization in the Bethel quadrangle, southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R. J., Nash, J. T., and Stoeser, J. W., eds., Geochemical studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1989: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1950, p. C1-C9.Box, S.E, Moll-Stalcup, E.J., Frost, T.P., and Murphy, J.M., 1993, Preliminary geologic map of the Bethel and southern Russian Mission quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2226-A, 20 p., scale 1:250,000.