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Nimiuktuk

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. 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 10003141
MRDS ID A015674
Record type Site
Current site name Nimiuktuk
Related records 10136440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.91372, 68.40951 (WGS84)
Relative position Located on low ridge 1.5 mi (2.4 km) west of confluence of Klim Creek and Nimiuktuk River; 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

Misheguk Mountain B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Misheguk Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

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) -159.91372, 68.40951
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small hill about 23-33 ft (7-10 m) high, 130 ft (40 m) wide, and 197 ft (60 m) long surrounded by tundra is made up of cobble and boulder size fragments of massive barite. The nearest bedrock exposure is 1640 ft (500 m) northeast and consists of low rubbly outcrops of Upper Mississippian black chert and shale in contact with Lower Cretaceous shale and wacke. Outcrops 1970 ft (600 m) southwest of deposit are Upper Mississippian volcanic rocks (K-Ar age 333 +17 m.y.) and sandy limestone of the Mississippian Utukok formation. Volcanic rocks probably were originally dacite or andesite. Utukok formation rocks mapped as part of a higher thrust sheet and unrelated to barite deposit.
  • Age = Late Mississippian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = 'Alaska's Mineral Industry, 1995' (p.62) reports deposit 'estimated to contain at least 1.36 million tonnes (1.5 million tons) of barite.'

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Alaska's Mineral Industry, 1995 (p. 62) reports 'widespread stream-sediment Ba anomalies in area indicate further barite potential.'

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mayfield and others (1979, OFR 79-1092)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; barite
Deposit Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020190008, USBM (1995)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-OCT-1992 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

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