The Wolf Creek Mtn. is a mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Wolf Creek Mtn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wolf Creek Mtn.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Anvik
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
Model Name: Disseminated epithermal mercury antomony
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal alteration
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berg and Cobb, 1967, p. 195, 198.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Thin films of drusy cinnabar with small blebs of stibnite occur in hydrothermally altered rhyolite. Rhyolite intrudes Cretaceous and/or Tertiary basalt and andesite.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = lode: disseminated epithermal mercury-antimony
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Found by J.M. Hoare and W.H. Condon while geologic mapping in 1962.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling only
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Holy Cross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-376, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey, 1963, Geological Survey research 1963 - Summary of investigations, prepared by members of the Conservation Geologic, and Water Resources Divisions: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 475-A, p. A1-A300.
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