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Kiligwa River--Barite

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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 10003150
MRDS ID A015683
Record type Site
Current site name Kiligwa River--Barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.43373, 68.62955 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is from fig. 3 of Churkin and others (1978), in T9S, R28W; on north bank of major eastern tributary of Kiligwa River about 1 mi (1.6 km) upstream from itheir confluence and about 2 mi (3.2 km) west-northwest of the The Cockscomb; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).??

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Pass C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska(National Petroleum Reserve)

National Petroleum Reserve BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 212
USGS model code 31b
Deposit model name Bedded barite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Siksikpuk Formation
    Rock description Siksikpuk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.43373, 68.62955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Lens of nearly pure barite 1 m thick and at least 10 m long parallel to bedding in shale of the Pennsylvanian-Permian Siksikpuk fm. (Cobb and others, 1981, p. A15).
  • Age = Pennsylvanian-Permian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

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 = Cobb and others (1981); Churkin and others (1978)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; stratabound barite

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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