Wolf Creek Mtn.

The Wolf Creek Mtn. is a mercury mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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