Deposit ID | 10000625 |
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MRDS ID | A011238 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Merinser Occurrence |
Alternate or previous names | Slippery Creek Stibnite Deposit |
Geographic coordinates: | -151.20286, 63.18788 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | NEAR THE HEAD OF THE W BRANCH OF SLIPPERY CREEK |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Antimony | Primary |
Mercury | Primary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Cinnabar | Ore |
Mercury | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Result | SAMPLE OF ALTERED SEDIMENTARY ROCK SHOWED 1.86% HG, USGS BULL 836, P. 321 |
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale |
(1) | -151.20286, 63.18788 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Fault Contact Between Sedimentary Rock And Dike |
Development status | Occurrence |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1921 |
District name | Kantishna |
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Ownership category | National Park |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A011238 |
USGS BULL 836, P. 313-314, 321-322
USBM IC 8252, P. 50, 55
USGS BULL 1246, P. 230
USGS OFR 77-169A, P. 46 LOC. 38
BAG-MF-366-28
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | STIBNITE IN THIN DECOMPOSED BED WITHIN BLACK SHALE UNIT NEAR CONTACT WITH SERPENTENIZED IGNEOUS BODY; ALTERED SEDIMENTARY ROCK IN FAULT CONTACT WITH FELSIC DIKE CONTAINS QUARTZ-CALCITE SEAMS WITH CINNABAR, NATIVE HG, FE AND CU SULFIDES |
Deposit | DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO SLATE CREEK DEPOSIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-NOV-1984 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 13-APR-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |