The Egnaty Creek is a mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Egnaty Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Egnaty Creek
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aniak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Almaden Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = USBM carried out an exploration program in 1966-67, which included bulldozer trenching, diamond drilling, and 350 auger holes.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Maloney, 1968
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Selected USBM samples yielded nearly 1% Hg.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal, disseminated, mercury
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock is sandstone and minor shale of the Kuskokwim Group; no igneous rocks were reported. Selected USBM samples of bedrock assayed almost 1% Hg. Fine-grained cinnabar was found in about 100 of approximately 350 auger holes, and in some of the drill core (Maloney, 1968). Maloney (1968) did not mention the presence of either veins or quartz.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.
Reference (Deposit): Rytuba, J.J., 1986, Descriptive model of Almaden Hg, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds. Mineral Deposit Models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 180.
Reference (Deposit): Miller, M.L., Belkin, H.E., Blodgett, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Cady, J.W., Goldfarb, R.J., Gray, J.E., McGimsey, R.G., and Simpson, S.L., 1989, Pre-field study and mineral resource assessment of the Sleetmute quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-363, 115 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Maloney, R.P., 1968, Soil sampling at the Egnaty Creek mercury prospect, Kuskokwim River basin, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 16-68, 6 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Meyer, M.P., 1985, Mineral investigation of the Iditarod-George planning block, central Kuskokwim River area, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 9-85, 232 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.
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