Location: The Mellick prospect is on the southwest bank on the Kuskokwim River behind Mellick's trading post. The prospect is located in the NW1/4 sec. 1, T. 19 N., R. 44 W., of the Seward Meridian, at an elevation of about 200 feet. The location is accurate. The Mellick prospect is locality 25 of Meyer (1985); and locality 26 of Miller and others (1989).
Geology: Disseminated cinnabar occurs along northwest-trending, high-angle faults in sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous, Kuskokwim Group, immediately behind Mellick's Trading Post (Miller and others, 1989). There is no information on the length, size, or assay results from this prospect. Biotite-bearing basaltic dikes were mapped by Cady and others (1955) about 0.6 mile south of the prospect.
Workings: Nick Mellick Sr. and George Willis staked the prospect in 1952; the claim was inactive in 1983 (Meyer, 1985).
Reserves: None.

Commodities (Major) - Hg
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Disseminated cinnabar along fault.

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ⓘ Cinnabar

1 valid mineral.

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ⓘ Cinnabar

Formula: HgS

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Cinnabar	2.CD.15a	HgS

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S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Cinnabar	HgS
Hg	Mercury
Hg	ⓘ Cinnabar	HgS

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References

Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p. Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. 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. Meyer, M.P., 1985, Mineral investigation of the Iditarod-George planning block, central Kuskokwim River area, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 9-85, 232 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000. 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.

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