Wolf Creek Mtn. (ARDF #HC002) Hg

Wolf Creek Mtn.

Occurrence, Inactive

Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities	Hg
Other commodities	Sb
Ore minerals	cinnabar; stibnite

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale	HC
Latitude	62.36389
Longitude	-161.4117
Nearby scientific data	Find additional scientific data near this location
Location and accuracy	USGS MF-376, Loc. 1. 0.2 mi. SW of point 1104 at NW end of Wolf Creek Mtn.; about 55 miles NW of Holy Cross, near head of Little Lockwood Creek; Accurate within 0.25 mi. radius

Geologic setting

Geologic description Thin films of drusy cinnabar with small blebs of stibnite occur in hydrothermally altered rhyolite. Rhyolite intrudes Cretaceous and/or Tertiary basalt and andesite.
Geologic map unit	(-161.414095001818, 62.3631533810647)
Mineral deposit model	Lode: disseminated epithermal mercury-antimony
Mineral deposit model number	27
Alteration of deposit	Hydrothermal alteration

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration	Surface sampling only
Indication of production	None
Additional comments Found by J.M. Hoare and W.H. Condon while geologic mapping in 1962.

References

MRDS Number	A013468
References Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous lode deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Holy Cross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-376, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p. U.S. Geological Survey, 1963, Geological Survey research 1963--Summary of investigations, prepared by members of the Conservation Geologic, and Water Resources Divisions: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 475-A, p. A1-A300.
Reporters	Miller, M.L.
Last report date	5/31/1994