The Fish River is a silver, lead, and mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Fish River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fish River
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Council
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mertie (1918) reports that a lead-silver lode is located near here and Gamble (1988) plots its location on the basis of recorded mining claims. Cinnabar is reported to be present and a few flasks of mercury were annually produced for a few years up to 1916 (Mertie, 1918). Bedrock in the area is schistose Ordovician chlorite marble (Till and others, 1986). There is no other information about the deposit.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Mertie (1918) reports that a few flasks of mercury were annually produced for a few years up to at least 1916.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lead, silver, and mercury-bearing vein or replacement in schistose marble?
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some small scale workings are probably present but they have not been described.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive ?
References
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1918, Lode mining and prospecting on Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-H, p. 425-449.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.
Reference (Deposit): Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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