Mine detail: Decourcy Mt. Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.06244, -158.46596

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
Host type:Siltstone
Alteration processes:Igneous and sedimentary rocks are extensively altered to silica-carbonate rock.

References

MRDSA015044
DEP10002607
Reference{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., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction material) in the Iditarod and Ophir quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-576, 101 p.}{Deposit:: Miller, M.L., Bundtzen, T.K., Keith, W.J., Bailey, E.A., Bickerstaff, Damon, 1996, Geology and mineral resources of the Stuyahok area, part of Holy Cross A-4 and A-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-505-A, 30 p.}
ReporterHuber, D.F., Powers, M.T., Miller, M.L.