Abby Creek Occurrence, Colville Mining District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Abby Creek Occurrence | Occurrence |
Colville Mining District | Mining District |
North Slope Borough | Borough |
Alaska | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
68° 33' 46'' North , 157° 31' 19'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
196157
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:196157:0
GUID (UUID V4):
4fc0821f-4b52-47e0-a5a0-c91821f1615b
Location: Occurrence is on a small knoll between two minor tributaries in the headwaters of Cutaway Creek, 1.0 mi (1.6 km) north-northeast of hill 3530, in T10S, R24W; located to within 2000 ft (610 m).
Geology: Rubbly outcrops of a tabular stratiform barite body about 100 ft (30.5 m) long in south-dipping bedded chert of the Mississippian Lisburne Group; in an area of imbricate thrusting.
Age: Mississippian
Reserves: Inferred reserves are about 406,000 metric tons.
Commodities (Major) - Ba
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Lode; stratabound barite
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS - Alaska: | HW024 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
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