Clearwater Barite Occurrence, Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Clearwater Barite Occurrence | Occurrence |
Kantishna Mining District | Mining District |
Denali Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
63° 46' 18'' North , 150° 20' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
196945
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196945:3
GUID (UUID V4):
e90d2dee-2592-441c-8ebf-be3c4c91e599
The occurrence is in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Location: The Clearwater barite occurrence is exposed on the west bank of the Clearwater River about one mile north of the mouth of Stampede Creek. It is in the NE1/4SW1/4 section 19, T. 13 S., R. 14 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The location is probably accurate within 1000 feet. The occurrence corresponds to number 67 of Bundtzen, Smith, and Tosdal (1976), 149 of Hawley and Associates (1978), 75 of Bundtzen (1981), and 113 of Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury (1984).
Geology: The Clearwater Barite occurrence is probably in quartzite and mica-quartz schist of the Birch Creek Schist, possibly on or close to a projection of the Stampede fault (Bundtzen, 1981; Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury, 1984, fig. K-1). The occurrence is a vein in a fault zone. The vein strikes about N50W and dips 40SW (Thornsberry, McKee, and Salisbury, 1984, v. 2, occurrence 113). It is about 6 feet thick and consists of quartz, barite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and possibly a trace of sphalerite. Bundtzen (1981) estimated about 25 percent barite in one sample, which also contained a trace of gold and 0.017 percent zinc.
Workings: Minor excavation.
Age: Assuming that the vein is distal to the precious- and base-metal deposits of the Kantishna area, it probably is Eocene (see record MM091).
Commodities (Major) - Ba; (Minor) - Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Quartz-barite vein.
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5 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | MM015 |
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