Mine detail: Red Devil

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.75911, -157.32285

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Cinnabar, Orpiment, Realgar, Stibnite
Gangue: Clay, Quartz
Orebody form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1935
Last production ended: 1972

Geology

Host rock:Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
Host type:Siltstone
Alteration processes:Diabasic Dikes Altered To Quartz, Chalcedony, Carbonate, And Sericite.

References

MRDSA010655
DEP10000476
Reference{Deposit:: WEBBER, B.S., BJORKLUND, S.C., RUTLEDGE, F.A., THOMAS, B.I., AND WRIGHT, W.S., 1947, MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4065, 57 P.}{Deposit:: JASPER, M.W., 1961, CINNABAR PROVINCE, KUSKOKWIM REGION IN REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1961: ALASKA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS, P. 65-79.}{Deposit:: MALONE, KEVIN, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8131, 57 P.}{Deposit:: MACKEVETT, E.M., JR., AND BERG, H.C., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE RED DEVIL QUICKSILVER MINE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-G, P. G1-G16.}{Deposit:: SAINSBURY, C.L., AND MACKEVETT, E.M., JR., 1965, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1187, 89 P.}{Deposit:: COBB, E.H., COMPILER, 1972, METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE SLEETMUTE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-368, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 44}{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.}{Deposit:: MEYER, M.P., 1985, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IDITAROD-GEORGE PLANNING BLOCK, CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM RIVER AREA, ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 9-85, 232 P., SCALE 1:250,000, 4 SHEETS.}{Deposit:: RYTUBA, J.J., 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF ALMADEN HG, IN COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., EDS. MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 180.}{Deposit:: MILLER, M.L., BELKIN, H.E., BLODGETT, R.B., BUNDTZEN, T.K., CADY, J.W., GOLDFARB, R.J., GRAY, J.E., MCGIMSEY, R.G., AND SIMPSON, S.L., 1989, PRE-FIELD STUDY AND MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE SLEETMUTE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-363, 115 P., 3 PLATES, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Production:: USGS BULL 1142-G; ADGGS SPEC REPT 31}
ReporterElliott, R. L., Elliott, R. L. (Miller, M. L.), Mason, George