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Red Devil

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000476
MRDS ID A010655
Record type Site
Current site name Red Devil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.32285, 61.75911 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE S BANK OF THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER ABOUT 6.25 MILES (10 KM) NW OF THE TOWN OF SLEETMUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Secondary
Arsenic Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Orpiment Ore
Realgar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Diabasic Dikes Altered To Quartz, Chalcedony, Carbonate, And Sericite.

Analytical data

Result MOST ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 2 TO 5% HG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 178
USGS model code 27b
BC deposit profile E01
Deposit model name Almaden Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
    Rock description Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.32285, 61.75911
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Ore body information

  • General form SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
    Depth to top 0M
    Width 182.88M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Deposit Description Comments

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discovery method Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Year of first production 1935
Year of last production 1972

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Period 1939-1972
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL OF 36,141 +/- 408 FLASKS HG FROM 1933-71 (MILLER AND OTHERS, 1989).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • KNOWN ORE BODIES EXHAUSTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2926.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 9,600 FEET (3,000 M) OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON FIVE MAIN LEVELS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A010655
USGS Alaska Resource Data File ARDF SM028
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS A013443

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBBER, B.S., BJORKLUND, S.C., RUTLEDGE, F.A., THOMAS, B.I., AND WRIGHT, W.S., 1947, MERCURY DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4065, 57 P.

  • Deposit

    JASPER, M.W., 1961, CINNABAR PROVINCE, KUSKOKWIM REGION IN REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1961: ALASKA DIVISION OF MINES AND MINERALS, P. 65-79.

  • Deposit

    MALONE, KEVIN, 1962, MERCURY OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8131, 57 P.

  • Deposit

    MACKEVETT, E.M., JR., AND BERG, H.C., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE RED DEVIL QUICKSILVER MINE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-G, P. G1-G16.

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, C.L., AND MACKEVETT, E.M., JR., 1965, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1187, 89 P.

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 44

  • Deposit

    COBB, E.H., 1976, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS) IN THE DILLINGHAM, SLEETMUTE, AND TAYLOR MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-606, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    MEYER, M.P., 1985, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE IDITAROD-GEORGE PLANNING BLOCK, CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM RIVER AREA, ALASKA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 9-85, 232 P., SCALE 1:250,000, 4 SHEETS.

  • Deposit

    RYTUBA, J.J., 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF ALMADEN HG, IN COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., EDS. MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 180.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, M.L., BELKIN, H.E., BLODGETT, R.B., BUNDTZEN, T.K., CADY, J.W., GOLDFARB, R.J., GRAY, J.E., MCGIMSEY, R.G., AND SIMPSON, S.L., 1989, PRE-FIELD STUDY AND MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE SLEETMUTE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-363, 115 P., 3 PLATES, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Production

    USGS BULL 1142-G; ADGGS SPEC REPT 31

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 'HOST ROCKS ARE INTERBEDDED GRAYWACKE AND SHALE OF THE KUSKOKWIM GROUP CUT BY A FEW DIKES THAT ARE GENERALLY ALTERED TO QUARTZ, CHALCEDONY, CARBONATE, AND SERICITE (MALONE, 1962). MOST OF THE ORE FORMED ALONG AND NEAR INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN ALTERED DIKES AND NW-TRENDING FAULTS THAT MAINLY PARALLEL BEDDING PLANES. FORMATION OF ORE WAS PRIMARILY BY OPEN SPACE FILLING AND CONSISTS OF CINNABAR ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANT STIBNITE IN A QUARTZ-RICH GANGUE; LESS COMMON REALGAR, ORPIMENT, AND ANTIMONY MINERALS ARE ALSO FOUND (MACKEVETT AND BERG, 1963). STIBNITE-CINNABAR RATIO INCREASES WITH DEPTH (MALONE, 1962). ORE SHOOTS DID NOT CONTINUE BELOW 460-480 FT (DONALD GRYBECK, USGS, PERSONAL COMMUN., 1988). MACKEVETT AND BERG (1963) REPORTED THAT CLAY MINERALS (DICKITE AMONG THEM) OCCUPY CENTRAL PARTS OF SOME ORE-BEARING VEINLETS, BUT ARE MORE CONSPICUOUS IN BARREN VEINLETS AWAY FROM ORE BODIES. JASPER (1961) STATED THAT WHILE NO NATIVE MERCURY WAS FOUND AT THE PROPERTY, OLD TIMERS REPORTED
Deposit ON SW LIMB OF NW-TRENDING SLEETMUTE ANTICLINE.
Deposit APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS IN MATERIAL PANNED ALONG MCCALLY CREEK, WEST OF THE PROPERTY.' (MILLER AND OTHERS, 1989).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey ARDF AND MRDS MERGED RECORD
Updater 01-JUN-1994 Elliott, R. L. (Miller, M. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 06-MAR-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey