Commodities
PrimaryBentonite
SecondaryGypsum-Anhydrite, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Gypsum
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud
AlterationIron-oxide stain
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003142
MRDS IDA015676
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates68.37948, -161.43375
References
Churkin, M. Jr., Mayfield, C.F., Theobald, P.K., Barton, H., Nodleberg, W.J., Winkler, G.R., and Huie, C., 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.Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.