The Barometer is a mercury mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 400 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 61.7717, -157.33750
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Barometer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barometer
Secondary: Barometer Lode
Secondary: Barometer No. 1-6
Secondary: Macauly No. 1
Secondary: Vermillion
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Alaska Mines And Minerals
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): USGS CRIB A003225. 16 FLASKS OF HG PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1941 (B1187). ADDITIONAL MINING INDICATED 1956-1964 (KX 82-9). WORKINGS INCLUDE TRENCHES, ADIT, CROSSCUT, DRIFT; SOME DRILLING. SHALE AND GRAYWACKE OF THE KUSKOKWIM GROUP ARE CUT BY ALTERED DIKES. CINNABAR, STIBNITE, & REALGAR ASSOCIATED WITH BEDDING-PLANE FAULTS ( B1187).
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 082-009
Reference (Deposit): B722a pp. 60-61
Reference (Deposit): MR82-1 pp. 28-32
Reference (Deposit): PE82-2
Reference (Deposit): TDM1 p. 24
Reference (Deposit): IC7379 p. 63
Reference (Deposit): RI4065 pp. 24-27
Reference (Deposit): P268 pp. 110-111
Reference (Deposit): IC8131 pp. 8, 13, 37-39
Reference (Deposit): MI194-1 pp. 12
Reference (Deposit): IR MWJ 640103 p. 15
Reference (Deposit): B1198C p. 10
Reference (Deposit): IC8252 pp. 32, 38, 43-53
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 92
Reference (Deposit): MF368
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