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West Kivliktort

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, 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 10003372
MRDS ID A106127
Record type Site
Current site name West Kivliktort

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.64364, 68.29958 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is approximate center of area containing samples 539-44 and 546-7 of Jansons and Parke (1981, p. 139); T34N, R10E; on minor northwest-draining tributary of Etivluk River at northwest end of Kivliktort Mountain about 3.2 mi (5.1 km) northwest of summit 4500; 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 B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass SE(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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.64364, 68.29958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mineralization occurs in float of quartz-cemented breccia and fracture-fillings in clastic rocks of the Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian Endicott Group, and may be controlled by thrust contacts within the sequence.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = High-grade samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines contain up to 30.5% Zn, 0.5% Pb, and 23% Ba; stream sediment samples contain up to 1700 ppm Zn and 200 ppm Pb (Jansons and Parke, 1981, p. 138-143).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, and Parke, M.A., 1981, 1978 mineral investigations in the Misheguk Mountain and Howard Pass quadrangles: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 26-81, 193 p.

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, 1982, Zinc-lead occurrences in and near the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report MLA 121-82, 55 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jansons and Parke (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; sediment-hosted vein and breccia vein Pb-Zn-Ag.
Deposit Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020200013 (USBM, 1995)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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