Alaska
Occurrence

Nanielik Creek

Alaska, United States
Barium-BariteZincLead
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Commodities
PrimaryBarium-Barite
SecondaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Galena, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10086673
MRDS IDA011850
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates67.91952, -158.87362
References
Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.Schmidt, J.M., and Werdon, M.B., 1993, Clastic-hosted stratiform, vein/breccia and disseminated Zn-Pb-Ag deposits of the northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska; are they different expersions of dewatering of the same source basin? [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. 143.