The Coleen River barite is a barium-barite mine located in Alaska.
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Coleen River barite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coleen River barite
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Sheenjek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
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
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; barite
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Massive white to gray barite occurs in creek float. Minor Cu and Zn oxides coatings occur on chert float. Nearby outcrops are interlayered gabbro, argillite and chert (Christian River sequence of Brosge and Reiser, 1969) and black shale (Triassic Shublik Fm.) with abundant Fe stain, quartz veins and iron nodules (Barker, 1981, p. 121).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Barker (1981)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mineralized chert sample contains 0.03% Cu, and 0.077% Zn. Soils contain up to 460 ppm Cu. Heavy mineral concentrate contained more than 10,000 ppm vanadium, but no gold. Mineralization extends in a band 1.5 mi (2.4 km) northeast and 1 mi (1.6 km) southeast (Barker, 1981, p. 121).
References
Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C., and Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral reconnaissance of the Porcupine River region: a summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 87-78, 20 p.
Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 27-81, 189 p., 2 sheets.
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