Unnamed (near Amy Dome)

The Unnamed (near Amy Dome) is a mercury mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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