SOB Occurrence, Lisburne Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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SOB Occurrence | Occurrence |
Lisburne Mining District | Mining District |
Northwest Arctic Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
68° 9' 36'' North , 163° 17' 23'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Red Dog Mine | 309 (2013) | 21.2km |
Mindat Locality ID:
200065
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:200065:0
GUID (UUID V4):
23ed2ff2-946b-49cb-a843-f43ff691eabd
Location: The SOB occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,000 feet in section 20, T. 32 N., R. 20 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is accurate within one mile.
Geology: The SOB occurrence consists of barite cobbles in an 11 by 24 meter zone on a hillside, surrounded by argillite of the Mississippian to Permian Siksikpuk Formation. The occurrence has been interpreted as a bedded barite deposit. A nearby drainage has blocks of ferricrete breccia (Cobb and others, 1981).
Age: Mississippian to Permian.
Commodities (Major) - Ba
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Bedded barite (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 31b).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
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ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | DL004 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Brooks RangeMountain Range
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
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