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Kagvik Creek Occurrence, Noatak Mining District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Kagvik Creek OccurrenceOccurrence
Noatak Mining DistrictMining District
North Slope BoroughBorough
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
68° 22' 48'' North , 161° 25' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
68.38000,-161.42972
GeoHash:
G#: bkjjn84qq
GRN:
N46W46
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
ET : Tundra
Mindat Locality ID:
198286
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:198286:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: Location plotted is Kagvik Creek of Churkin and others (1978, fig. 3); on ridge about 7 mi (11.2 km) north of confluence of Kagvik Creek and Kugururok River; located to within 2 mi (3.2 km)
Geology: Prominent iron-stained, yellow clay (bentonite?) horizon contains local sparse barite and gypsum?; at contact between intensely deformed dark chert and shale of the Carboniferous Lisburne group and maroon and gray shale of the overlying Siksikpuk formation.
Workings: Contains 1000-3000 ppm Ba (Churkin and others, 1978, p.20)
Age: Carboniferous
Alteration: Iron-oxide stain

Commodities (Major) - Bentonite; (Minor) - Ba, Gypsum(?)
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Lode; stratiform

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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Link to USGS - Alaska:MU004

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References

Churkin, M., Jr., Mayfield, C.F., Theobald, P.K., Barton, Harlan, Nokleberg, W.J., Winkler, G.R., and Huie, Carl, 1978, Geological and geochemical appraisal of metallic mineral resources, southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-70A, 82 p., 6 sheets, scale 1:500,000. Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosg
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