| Deposit ID | 10001902 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A012730 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hot Springs Creek |
| Geographic coordinates: | -164.71343, 65.85933 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The location of this occurrence is very approximate; it can only be located to within one or two miles. Moxham and West (1953) note cinnabar 'in concentrates panned from a shallow gully in the south side of the eastern fork of Hot Springs CreeK'. Hot Springs Creek is a tributary of the Serpentine River with headwaters in the Oonatut Granite Complex (Hudson, 1979). The location description suggests that the occurrence is in an area underlain by Oonatut Granite; the presence of cinnabar has not been confirmed and the locality was not shown by Cobb (1972; MF 417). Cobb (1975; OFR 75-429) summarized references to this locality under the name 'Hot Springs Cr.'. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bendeleben D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bendeleben NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Shishmaref(hydrologic unit)
Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve(National Preserve)
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NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Allanite | Gangue |
| Sphene | Gangue |
| Zircon | Gangue |
| (1) | -164.71343, 65.85933 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| District name | Serpentine |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A012730 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | BN114 |
Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.
Hudson, T.L., 1979, Igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Serpentine Hot Springs area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1079, 27 p.
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Placer cinnabar concentration (?) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 15-MAR-1999 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |
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