U.s. Department of the Interior

Geophysical Investigation of Red Devil Mine Using Direct-current Resistivity and Electromagnetic Induction, Red Devil, Alaska, August 2010 U.s. Department of the Interior

Red Devil Mine, located in southwestern Alaska near the Village of Red Devil, was the state?s largest producer of mercury and operated from 1933 to 1971. Throughout the lifespan of the mine, various generations of mills and retort buildings existed on both sides of Red Devil Creek, and the tailings and waste rock were deposited across the site. The mine was located on public Bureau of Land Management property, and the Bureau has begun site remediation by addressing mercury, arsenic, and antimony contamination caused by the minerals associated with the ore deposit (cinnabar, stibnite, realgar, and orpiment).