| Deposit ID | 10003330 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A106074 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shoulder Mountain |
| Geographic coordinates: | -143.79319, 67.95984 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | Located about 10 mi (16 km) northwest of Shoulder Mountain, between Koness River and Monument Creek, and about 5 mi (8 km) from Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; locality recorded here is from Brosge and Reiser (1968), which varies somewhat from locality 29 of Barker (1978) and locality 2 of Barker, 1981); located to within 3 mi (4.8 km). |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Coleen D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Coleen NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)
National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| (1) | -143.79319, 67.95984 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| District name | Sheenjek |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A106074 | |
| USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | CO006 |
Brosge', W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1976, Preliminary geologic and mineral resource maps (excluding petroleum), Arctic National Wildlife Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-539, 4 sheets, scale 1:500,000.
Barker, J.C., 1978, Mineral Investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range: a summary report: US Bureau of Mines Open-File No. 63-78
Barker, J.C., and Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral reconnaissance of the Porcupine River region: a summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 87-78, 20 p.
Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 27-81, 189 p., 2 sheets.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Model Name = Lode; barite bed or lens |
| Deposit | Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence # 0020330006 (USBM, 1995) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 12-SEP-1996 | J.M. Schmidt | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 12-SEP-1996 | J.H. Dover | U.S. Geological Survey |
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