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Siksikpuk River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Manganese, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208783
MAS/MILS ID 0020220017
Record type Site
Current site name Siksikpuk River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -152.33132, 68.27137 (WGS84)
Elevation 1204
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Chandler Lake SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandler Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chandler-Anaktuvuk Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 013 S 002 W 34 SWNWSE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -152.33132, 68.27137
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1992

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES 4799, 4829, AND 4797 CONTAIN VALUES RANGING FROM 3403 PPM TO 13152 PPM ZINC, 4867 PPM TO 6878 PPM MANGENESE, 303 OOM TO >2000 PPM BARIUM. THERE ARE 15 SAMPLES TAKEN RANGING OVER 3 SECTIONS IN THE T13S, R002W TOWNSHIP; SECTIONS 33-35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUL-1994 Pld U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.