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Keku Islands Barite-Witherite-Lead Prospects

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Strontium, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096796
MRDS ID A013382
Record type Site
Current site name Keku Islands Barite-Witherite-Lead Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -134.08109, 56.90167 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MI. NW OF TRIANGULATION STATION LOW, ON E END OF ISLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Alexander D-1 NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 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 B 773, FIG. 7, P. 139; USGS OF 84-837, LOC. 6 (INACCURATE) 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
Strontium Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Witherite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hyd Group;Hyd Group
    Rock description Hyd Group;Hyd Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -134.08109, 56.90167
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINS UNDEFINED, MAY BE SOME DIAMOND DRILL HOLES IN AREA.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS STAKED IN AREA IN 1923. NO PRODUCTION. MUCH INTEREST IN AREA RECENTLY, WITH NUMEROUS CLAIMS STAKED AND DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1970'S. MANY CLAIMS ACTIVE AS OF 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 84-837, P. 8, 10, LOC. 6 (1984)

  • Deposit

    USGS B 773, P. 136, 137, FIG. 7 (1925)

  • Other Database

    BAG-B-773-FIG-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS AND VEINLETS CONTAINING BARITE AND WITHERITE OCCUR IN LIMESTONE AND MARBLE, AND RARELY IN BASALT DIKES. ONE VEINLET ALSO CONTAINS PYRITE AND A FEW STREAKS OF GALENA.
Deposit MUCH CURRENT INTEREST IN AREA, MAY CONTAIN EITHER VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE OR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE PB-ZN-BARITE DEPOSITS. ; 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.

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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