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Glacier Creek Barite-Silver Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002190
MRDS ID A013088
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Creek Barite-Silver Prospect
Alternate or previous names Glacier Creek Main Deposit, Usbm of 118-24, Fig 7
Related records 10258674

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -136.38853, 59.39557 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Haines(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skagway B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Skagway SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Skagway C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chilkat-Skagway Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-424, LOC 12; USGS P 832, P. 27, FIG 9, SAMPLE 8A-3. LOCATION AT SOUTH EDGE OF CENTER OF DEPOSIT WHICH EXTENDS 1000 FT STRIKING N 60 DEGREES W-N 85 DEGREES E. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BARITE CRYSTALS 0.3-1.5 MM IN DIAMETER, IN SULFIDE-FLECKED MOSAIC.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Anglesite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Chrysocolla Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Staining, Chlorite, Sericite Alteration, Greenschist Facies Regional Metamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Glacier Creek Volcanic Sequence;
    Rock description Glacier Creek Volcanic Sequence;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -136.38853, 59.39557
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Merrill Palmer

Mining district

District name Juneau/Mt. Henry Clay

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 HOLES DRILLED BY ANACONDA COPPER CORP. IN 1980.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING DONE BY PHIL HOLDSWORTH AND INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT CO. (1979), ANACONDA COPPER CORP. (1980), CORONADO MINING CORP. (1981). MAPPED BY MACKEVETT 1969-71; USGS OF 500.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-424, LOC. 12 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS P 832, P. 22, 23, 25-29, PLATE 1 (1974), SAMPLES 71 AMK-6B-8C-5

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 500 (1971), SAMPLES 71 AMK-6B-8C-5

  • Deposit

    USBM OF 118-84, P. 9-10, FIG 7 (1984), SAMPLES 62-68

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-316, P. 84, 85 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 84-572, P. 281

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-424-12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE-RICH LODE IN STEEP, SEVERAL HUNDRED FOOT WIDE FAULT ZONE CUTTING CHLORITIC SCHIST. MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF 2 LENSES-WESTERN LENS 15 FT X 250 FT, EASTERN LENS 70 FT X 800 FT; CONSISTING OF BARITE, SPHARITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE.
Deposit DEPOSIT ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 750,000 TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1969, 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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