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Unnamed (near summit of White Mountain)

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307840
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near summit of White Mountain)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.89785, 62.18445 (WGS84)
Relative position This unnamed occurrence is located on a southeast ridge about 200 meters from the summit of VABM Big (White Mountain), at an elevation of 3,100 feet (945 m) in the SE1/4 sec. 11, T. 24 N., R. 30 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location corresponds to prospect number 11 in Gilbert (1981); at station no. 79WG199.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Mercury Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.89785, 62.18445
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This unnamed occurrence is a cinnabar-bearing breccia in a diabase dike that intrudes an unnamed algal limestone, a subdivision of the Nixon Fork subterrane (Gilbert, 1981; Wilson and others, 1998). The host dike trends east-west and dips steeply into the hillside. One sample of cinnabar-bearing breccia contained 214 ppm copper; mercury was not analyzed.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = W.G. Gilbert found the occurrence during geologic mapping for the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 1979 (Gilbert, 1981). One sample of cinnabar-bearing breccia contained 214 ppm copper; mercury was not analyzed.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gilbert, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein (?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-DEC-98 T.K. Bundtzen Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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