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

MRDSA011238
DEP10000625
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}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan