Mine detail: Redskin

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 60.73934, -158.84279

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Gemuck Group Or Kuskokwim Group ;Gemuck Group Or Kuskokwim Group
Host type:Siltstone

References

MRDSA013554
DEP10002566
Reference{Deposit:: Rutledge, F.A., 1950, Investigation of mercury deposits, Cinnabar Creek area, Georgetown and Akiak districts, Kuskokwim region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4719, 9 p.}{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:: 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., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.}{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.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson