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Saginaw Bay Barite Prospect

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002450
MRDS ID A013376
Record type Site
Current site name Saginaw Bay Barite Prospect
Related records 10161002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.17692, 56.89112 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.6 MI. SE OF CORNWALLIS PT., ON N SIDE OF SAGINAW BAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Alexander D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Port Alexander NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Alexander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS OF 84-837, LOC. 1. AT LEAST 3 OCCURRENCE SITES AROUND SAGINAW BAY, ALSO MORE SITES ON CORNWALLIS PENINSULA AND KEKU ISLETS. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.17692, 56.89112
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINGS UNDEFINED. DIAMOND DRILLING MAY HAVE BEEN DONE AT SOME SITES.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1923, NO PRODUCTION. MUCH CURRENT INTEREST IN AREA, WITH MANY CLAIMS STAKED IN 1970'S AND ACTIVE AS OF 1982. DIAMOND DRILLING AT SOME SITES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 84-837, P. 5, LOC. 1 (1984)

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-787, P. 23 (1978)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 773, P. 136-138 (1925)

  • Other Database

    BAG-OF-84-837-1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE VEINS AND VEINLETS FROM LESS THAN 1 IN. TO 5 FT. WIDE FILL FRACTURES IN LIMESTONE, CONGLOMERATE, AND VOLCANIC ROCKS FOR UP TO 200 FT. ALONG STRIKE. VEINS PINCH AND SWELL ALONG STRIKE.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-SEP-1994 Waller, Nichelle (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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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