Mine detail: White Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.18251, -154.85175

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Dickite, Dolomite, Limonite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Dolomite
Alteration processes:Extensive dolomitic and chalcedonic alteration; minor dickite, limonite, and calcite alteration.

References

MRDSA015037
DEP10002600
Reference{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., and MacKevett, E.M. Jr., 1960, Structural control in five quicksilver deposits in southwestern Alaska, in Geological Survey Research in 1960: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 400-B, p. B35-B38.}{Deposit:: Malone, Kevin, 1962, Mercury occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 8131, 57 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:: Malone, Kevin, 1965, Mercury in Alaska, in Mercury potential of the United States: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252, p. 31-59.}{Deposit:: Conwell, C.N., 1971, Mercury mining revival in Alaska despite poor access and climate: World Mining Magazine, vol. 23, no. 7, p. 34-38.}{Deposit:: Conwell, C.N., 1975, Review of Alask* mineral and energy resources: production and activity statistics, in Schaff, R.G.,ed., Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Biennial report, 1974-75, 53 pages.}{Deposit:: Gilbert, W.G., 1981, Preliminary geologic map of the Cheeneetnuk River area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 153, 19 pages, 2 sheets, 1:63,360 scale.}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., and Conwell, C.N., 1982, Madhatters of the Kuskokwim Quicksilver Mines, in Larson, Frank, ed., Alaska Mines and Geology Bulletin (Misc. Paper 13): Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 1-5.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.}{Deposit:: Decker, J., Bergman, S.C., Blodgett, R.B., Box, S.E., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, J.G., Coonrad, W.L., Gilbert, W.G., Miller, M.L., Murphy, J.M., Robinson, M.S., and Wallace, W.K., 1994, Geology of southwestern Alaska, in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. G-1, p. 285-310.}{Deposit:: Gray, J.E., Gent, C.A., Snee, L.W., and Wilson, F.H., 1997, Epithermal mercury-antimony and gold-bearing vein lodes of southwest Alaska, in R.J. Goldfarb, and L.D. Miller, eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 287-305.}
ReporterT.K. Bundtzen