The Itkillik River West is a zinc, silver, barium-barite, and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Barium-Barite, Lead
Lat, Long: 68.22, -150.50000
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Itkillik River West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Itkillik River West
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Colville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Pb-Zn quartz veins
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock in the area consists of folded and faulted Hunt Fork Shale that is locally cut by quartz and sulfide-bearing quartz-carbonate veins and veinlets. Cobble-sized pieces of rounded massive white barite, containing streaks and blebs of galena were found as float. The source of the float is unknown. In another gully 800 m to the northeast, lense-like quartz-calcite-siderite veins are confined to a 50 cm-wide zone that trends northwest. The veins contain minor chalcopyrite and trace galena. No zinc minerals were observed.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Float of barite-galena cobbles contain up to 62% Ba, 0.67% Pb,and 25 g/tonne Ag. Veins from outcrop contain 735 ppm Cu and 3,900 ppm Zn.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Kurtak and others, 1995, USBM OFR 8-95.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Kurtak, J.M., Hicks, R.W., Werdon, M.B., Meyer, M.P., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Colville mining district and southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-95, 217 p.
Reference (Deposit): Meyer, M.P., 1994, Analytical results from U.S. Bureau of Mines investigations in the Colville Mining District, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-94, 137 p.
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