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Siksikpuk River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003322
MRDS ID A106066
Record type Site
Current site name Siksikpuk River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.20346, 68.29972 (WGS84)
Relative position Located at headwaters of Siksikpuk River, 8.7 km northwest of Inualuruk Mountain. Known to within one mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandler Lake B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandler Lake SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandler Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.20346, 68.29972
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Red-brown concretions in Kayak Shale are confined to an approximately 6 m-thick section of black shale. They range from 4 cm rounded forms to 7.5 x 38 cm flattened, elongate forms. The concretions contain quartz, calcite, barite, siderite, and pyrite as septarian fracture fillings along with minor sphalerite and trace galena. At the base of the shale, a 10 cm-thick red-brown cherty ironstone bed contains minor sphalerite. The ironstone bed is exposed along strike for 6 m.
  • Age = Mississippian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sulfide-bearing concretions contain 1.3% Zn, more than 2,000 ppm Ba, and 52 ppm Pb. The ironstone bed contains 1,357 ppm Zn.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Meyer, M.P., 1994, Analytical results from U.S. Bureau of Mines investigations in the Colville Mining District, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-94, 137 p.

  • Deposit

    Kurtak, J.M., Hicks, R.W., Werdon, M.B., Meyer, M.P., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Colville mining district and southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-95, 217 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Kurtak and others, 1995, USBM OFR 8-95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 K.D. Kelley U.S. Geological Survey

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