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Wolf Creek Mtn.

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002525
MRDS ID A013468
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Mtn.
Related records 10233756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.41465, 62.36321 (WGS84)
Relative position 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

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holy Cross B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Holy Cross SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holy Cross(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal alteration

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 176
USGS model code 27
Deposit model name Disseminated epithermal mercury antomony

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.41465, 62.36321
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • 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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Anvik

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling only

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Berg and Cobb, 1967, p. 195, 198.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = lode: disseminated epithermal mercury-antimony
Deposit Other Comments = Found by J.M. Hoare and W.H. Condon while geologic mapping in 1962.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAY-1994 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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