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Coleen River barite

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003333
MRDS ID A106077
Record type Site
Current site name Coleen River barite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.77004, 67.5129 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is for sample localities 1 and 18 of Barker (1981, p. 122) on unnamed southeast flowing tributary of Coleen River, about 6 mi (9.6 km) south of Boulder Creek junction; located to within 1000 ft (305 m).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleen C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.77004, 67.5129
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Massive white to gray barite occurs in creek float. Minor Cu and Zn oxides coatings occur on chert float. Nearby outcrops are interlayered gabbro, argillite and chert (Christian River sequence of Brosge and Reiser, 1969) and black shale (Triassic Shublik Fm.) with abundant Fe stain, quartz veins and iron nodules (Barker, 1981, p. 121).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Mineralized chert sample contains 0.03% Cu, and 0.077% Zn. Soils contain up to 460 ppm Cu. Heavy mineral concentrate contained more than 10,000 ppm vanadium, but no gold. Mineralization extends in a band 1.5 mi (2.4 km) northeast and 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast (Barker, 1981, p. 121).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., and Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral reconnaissance of the Porcupine River region: a summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 87-78, 20 p.

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 27-81, 189 p., 2 sheets.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; barite

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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