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Harvison

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002488
MRDS ID A013428
Record type Site
Current site name Harvison
Related records 10234083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.61288, 61.95939 (WGS84)
Relative position The location used is on a hill 0.6 (1 km) miles east of the George River. the hill is bisected by the range boundary between R 45 W and R 46 W in township 22 N; it is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) south of the north edge of the Sleetmute 20 quadrangle, Alaska. The location is approximate.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleetmute D-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sleetmute NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sleetmute C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 178
USGS model code 27b
Deposit model name Almaden Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Kuskokwim Group
    Rock description Kuskokwim Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.61288, 61.95939
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small lenses and pods of cinnabar occur in brecciated silicified shaly sandstone intruded by altered dike or sill.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = Jasper (1963) estimated that the 5-6 tons of sorted and stockpiled ore would run 10-15% Hg.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Discovered and explored in 1963 by 30 ft (9 km) long timbered and lagged open cut; 3.5-ft (1 m)-deep winze started on ore shoot.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jasper, M.W., 1963, Harvison mercury prospect: Alaska Division Mines and Minerals, Report for the Year 1963, p. 51-52.

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

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jasper, 1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal vein, mercury

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-94 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JUN-94 Niles, L.P. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JUN-94 Miller, M.L. U.S. Geological Survey

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