Mine detail: Merinser Occurrence

Previously called 'Slippery Creek Stibnite Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

63.18788, -151.20287

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony, Mercury
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Stibnite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1921

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Black Shale
Structure:	Fault Contact Between Sedimentary Rock And Dike
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Products Of Fe & Cu Coat Fracture Planes And Rock Fragments

References

MRDS	A011238
DEP	10000625
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 836, P. 313-314, 321-322}{Deposit:: USBM IC 8252, P. 50, 55}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 230}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 46 LOC. 38}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-366-28}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan