Mine detail: Kolmakof

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.59936, -158.90286

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
Host type:Siltstone
Alteration processes:Sills and dikes altered to silica-carbonate rock

References

MRDSA013423
DEP10002486
Reference{Deposit:: Smith, P.S., and Maddren, A.G., 1915, Quicksilver deposits of the Kuskokwim region, in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, Report on progress of investigations in 1914: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622, p. 272-291.}{Deposit:: Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.}{Deposit:: Jasper, M.W., 1961, Cinnabar province, Kuskokwim region: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals, Report for the Year 1961, p. 65-79.}{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L. and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1965, Quicksilver deposits of southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1187, 89 p.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 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:: Merrill, C.W., and Maloney, R.P., 1974, Kolmakof mercury deposits: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 21-75, 21 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain 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., 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{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.}
ReporterMiller, M.L., Niles, L.P., Huber, D.F.