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Kagvik Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Bentonite, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10003142
MRDS ID A015676
Record type Site
Current site name Kagvik Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.43375, 68.37948 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is Kagvik Creek of Churkin and others (1978, fig. 3); on ridge about 7 mi (11.2 km) north of confluence of Kagvik Creek and Kugururok River; located to within 2 mi (3.2 km)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Misheguk Mountain B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Misheguk Mountain S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Misheguk Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Gypsum Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron-oxide stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.43375, 68.37948
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Prominent iron-stained, yellow clay (bentonite?) horizon contains local sparse barite and gypsum?; at contact between intensely deformed dark chert and shale of the Carboniferous Lisburne group and maroon and gray shale of the overlying Siksikpuk formation.
  • Age = Carboniferous

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Contains 1000-3000 ppm Ba (Churkin and others, 1978, p.20)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Churkin, M. Jr., Mayfield, C.F., Theobald, P.K., Barton, H., Nodleberg, W.J., Winkler, G.R., and Huie, C., 1978, Geological and geochemical appraisal of metallic mineral resources, southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-70A, 82 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Churkin and others (1978)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; stratiform

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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