The Glacier Creek Barite-Silver Prospect is a barium-barite and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Silver
Lat, Long: 59.39583, -136.38639
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Glacier Creek Barite-Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glacier Creek Barite-Silver Prospect
Secondary: Glacier Creek Main Deposit
Secondary: Usbm of 118-24, Fig 7
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Mt. Henry Clay
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1969
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Staining, Chlorite, Sericite Alteration, Greenschist Facies Regional Metamorphism
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Barite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1969, 1971
Comment (Commodity): BARITE CRYSTALS 0.3-1.5 MM IN DIAMETER, IN SULFIDE-FLECKED MOSAIC.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 750,000 TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-424, LOC 12; USGS P 832, P. 27, FIG 9, SAMPLE 8A-3. LOCATION AT SOUTH EDGE OF CENTER OF DEPOSIT WHICH EXTENDS 1000 FT STRIKING N 60 DEGREES W-N 85 DEGREES E. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): PROSPECTING DONE BY PHIL HOLDSWORTH AND INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT CO. (1979), ANACONDA COPPER CORP. (1980), CORONADO MINING CORP. (1981). MAPPED BY MACKEVETT 1969-71; USGS OF 500.
Comment (Deposit): BARITE-RICH LODE IN STEEP, SEVERAL HUNDRED FOOT WIDE FAULT ZONE CUTTING CHLORITIC SCHIST. MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF 2 LENSES-WESTERN LENS 15 FT X 250 FT, EASTERN LENS 70 FT X 800 FT; CONSISTING OF BARITE, SPHARITE, GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Workings): 3 HOLES DRILLED BY ANACONDA COPPER CORP. IN 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-424, LOC. 12 (1972)
Reference (Deposit): USGS P 832, P. 22, 23, 25-29, PLATE 1 (1974), SAMPLES 71 AMK-6B-8C-5
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-424-12
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 84-572, P. 281
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 500 (1971), SAMPLES 71 AMK-6B-8C-5
Reference (Deposit): USBM OF 118-84, P. 9-10, FIG 7 (1984), SAMPLES 62-68
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-316, P. 84, 85 (1978)
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