Redskin

The Redskin is a mercury mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Redskin

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: Hot-spring Hg

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Rutledge, 1950

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The prospect probably has been explored by surface examination, sampling, and some shallow pits.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or Tertiary. Inferred to be similar in age to other mercury deposits of southwest Alaska that postdate deposition of mid-Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks and intrusion of Upper Cretaceous or Tertiary igneous rocks.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At the Redskin prospect, cinnabar occurs as sparse films along bedding planes and cross joints, and in zones of brecciation in graywacke and shale (Rutledge, 1950). This prospect has not received much study, but is reported to be similar to the mercury-bearing deposit along locally named Canary Gulch at the Lucky Day mine (TA004), 0.75 mile to the northwest (Rutledge, 1950; Cady and others, 1955, p. 115). The country rocks are inferred to be part of a Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic sequence; several Triassic fossil localities are in the Cinnabar Creek area about 4 miles to the northwest of the Redskin prospect (Sainsbury and MacKevett, 1965). Rutledge (1950) also reports that cinnabar float has been found in locally named Alder Gulch below the Redskin prospect.

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): Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.

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.

Reference (Deposit): Sainsbury, C.L. and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1965, Quicksilver deposits of southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1187, 89 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Rutledge, F.A., 1950, Investigation of mercury deposits, Cinnabar Creek area, Georgetown and Akiak districts, Kuskokwim region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4719, 9 p.

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