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Twistem Creek 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003375
MRDS ID A106131
Record type Site
Current site name Twistem Creek barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.56372, 68.52955 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality HP41of Meyer and Kurtak (1992, fig. 2), in T10S, R28W; on small tributary west of Twistem Creek about 0.25 mi (0.4 km) upstream from confluence and 1.0 mi (1.6 km) south-southeast of hill 2740; 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.56372, 68.52955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Barite probably is interbedded in sequence of intensely folded and imbricated fine-grained siliceous sediments and chert of the Pennsylvanian to Triassic Etivluk Group (unpublished mapping of J.H. Dover).
  • Age = Pennsylvanian-Triassic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = U.S. Bureau of Mines sample HP41 contains 53.98% Ba, 31 ppm Zn, 2 ppm Mo, 12 ppm As (Meyer and Kurtak, 1992, p. 48-62).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Meyer, M.P., and Kurtak, J.M., 1992, Results of the 1991 U.S. Bureau of Mines Colville mining district study: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 75-92, 101 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Meyer and Kurtak (1992)

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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

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