The Unnamed (near Amy Dome) is a mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed (near Amy Dome) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (near Amy Dome)
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tolovana
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Age Old: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Host rock is Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary granite.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Cinnabar occurs in disseminations and quartz veins in altered granite dikes and plutons that intrude Ordovician to Devonian siltstone and argillite (Robinson and others, 1982).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site was referred to as the 'Hudson Cinnabar' prospect in Nokleberg and others (1987), but it is in a different location than the Hudson cinnabar mine on Olive Creek (ARDF no. LG015).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cinnabar-quartz vein.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Robinson and others, 1982
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.
Reference (Deposit): Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Metz, P.A., 1990, Bedrock geology of the Fairbanks mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 106, 2 sheets, scale 1:63:360.
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