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Longview

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160055
MAS/MILS ID 0020200030
Record type Site
Current site name Longview

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -157.46041, 68.61347 (WGS84)
Elevation 605
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Howard Pass C(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 009 S 024 W 35 SESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -157.46041, 68.61347
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATIFORM BARITE DEPOSITS HOSTED BY MISSISSIPPIAN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. BARITE BED LIES ABOVE ORANGE-WEATHERING SILICEOUS MUDSTONE AND IS OVERLAIN BY INTERBEDDED CHERT. BARITE BODY IS TABULAR IN NATURE AND CONTAINED WITHIN IMBRICATE THIN SHEEETS. SEVEN SAMPLES FROM TIS AREA, INCLUDING GRAB, (CONTINOUS, SPACED, AND RANDOM CHIPS CONTAINED 93.8% TO 97.11% BASO4 AND UP TO 1989 PPM BARUIM. THE AVERAGE SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS APPROXIMATELY 3.9 .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 75-92, 1992, 101 PP.

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 34-94, 1994, 130 PP.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC 831

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1994 Pld U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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