Ongoveyuk River

The Ongoveyuk River is a barium-barite mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Ongoveyuk River

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bering Sea

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

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:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Patton and Csejtey, 1972

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The one stream sediment sample from this drainage contains 2,000 ppm manganese, 0.7 ppm silver, 3,000 ppm barium, 15 ppm molybdenum, and 300 ppm zinc (Patton and Csejtey, 1972).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = If the stream sediment metal concentrations here reflect mineralization, this mineralization could be stratiform and similar in age to that of the enclosing sedimentary rocks (Mississippian to Triassic). Alternatively, the potential mineralization could be related to mid-Cretaceous quartz monzonite that intrudes Mississippian limestone 2 miles to the east of this drainage (Patton and Csejtey, 1980).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Base metal deposits in sedimentary rocks (synsedimentary or epigenetic). Deposit model 31a (?); sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The one stream sediment sample from this drainage contains 2,000 ppm manganese, 0.7 ppm silver, 3,000 ppm barium, 15 ppm molybdenum, and 300 ppm zinc (Patton and Csejtey, 1972). The bedrock here is minimally exposed but includes part of a Mississippian to Triassic limestone, chert, shale, and siltstone sequence that includes a condensed section similar to the Triassic Shublik Formation on the North Slope and in the Brooks Range (Patton and Dutro, 1969). The weakly to moderately anomalous metal values at this site are 2 miles northwest of a drainage (see SL020) where many highly anomalous lead and silver values in stream sediments were found.

References

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Dutro, J. T., Jr., 1969, Preliminary report on the Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary sequence on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 650-D. p. D138-D143.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1972, Analyses of stream sediment and rock samples from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1966-1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-293, 78 p.

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