Mine detail: Red Devil Mercury Mine

Previously called '9 Unpatented Claims: Kusko No. 1-5Red Devil Nos. 1-4'

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Location

Lat / long:

61.76022, -157.31647

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Secondary:	Antimony
Ore:	Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue:	Orpiment, Quartz, Realgar
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL, OTHER: PRISMATIC
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1933
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;;;
Host type:	Siltstone
Structure:	Deposit On Sw Limb Of Sleetmute Anticline., Bedding Strikes N 10 Degrees-60 Degrees W, Dips 45 Degrees-60 Degrees Sw; Dikes Strike N 50 Degrees-75 Degrees E, Dip 40 Degrees-65 Degrees Se
Alteration processes:	Dikes Altered To Silica-Carbonate Rock By Hydrothermal Alteration.

References

MRDS	A013443
DEP	10101003
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS B 1142-G (1963)}{Deposit:: USGS OF 76-606, P. 47-50 (1976)}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 9-85, P. 166-171, MAP NO. 28 (1985)}{Deposit:: USBM RI 4065, P. 9-18 (1947)}{Deposit:: USGS MF-368, LOC. 11 (1972)}{Deposit:: USGS P 268, P. 108-110, PLATE 4 (1955)}{Deposit:: ADGGS ALASKA MINES & GEOLOGY, JAN. 1982, VOL. 31, NO. 1, P. 1-4}{Other Database:: BAG-B-1142-G-PL-2}{Production:: USBM OFR 9-85, P. 169}
Reporter	Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.), Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)