The Hot Springs Creek is a mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Hot Springs Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hot Springs Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Serpentine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Allanite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Zircon
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Moxham and West (1953) note cinnabar 'in concentrates panned from a shallow gully in the south side of the eastern fork of Hot Springs CreeK'. Hot Springs Creek is a tributary of the Serpentine River with headwaters in the Oonatut Granite Complex (Hudson, 1979). The location description suggests that the occurrence is in an area underlain by Oonatut Granite; the presence of cinnabar here has not been confirmed. In general, only the central, late-forming part of the Oonatut Granite Complex is hydrothermally altered (Hudson, 1979). This is an evolved tin granite complex (Hudson and Arth, 1983) and its accessory mineral content (apatite, allanite, sphene, and zircon) is responsible for its slightly elevated levels of uranium and thorium (Moxham and West, 1953). The weathering of the granite has contributed these minerals to alluvial gravels in the area.
Comment (Geology): Age = Not known; the Oonatut Granite is Late Cretaceous (about 70 my, Hudson, 1979) but if cinnabar is present it may be different in age.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer cinnabar concentration (?)
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = u-bearing secondary minerals
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = hydrogoethite
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Moxham and West, 1953
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = None.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.
Reference (Deposit): Moxham, R.M., and West, W.S., 1953, Radioactivity investigations in the Serpentine-Kougarok area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 265, 11 p.
Reference (Deposit): Hudson, T.L., 1979, Igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Serpentine Hot Springs area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1079, 27 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.
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