See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020200023 (USBM, 1995)
Location: Occurs in a series of low ridges about 2.5 mi (4 km) northeast of Ekakevik Creek and 3.0 mi (4.8 km) north-northwest of Ekakevik Mountain summit 3040, in T9S, R22W; located to within 1000 ft (305 m).
Geology: Massive barite and witherite consists of masses of radiating crystals in south-dipping petroliferous Mississippian? limestone of the Lisburne Group; overlain by dark-gray, partly buff-weathering bedded chert.
Workings: Width of area of barite outcrops is about 650 ft.
Age: Mississippian?
Reserves: Inferred reserves are about 2,275,000 metric tons.

Commodities (Major) - Ba
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Lode; stratabound barite

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Barite (Barytes)

Mineral List

ⓘ Baryte

ⓘ Witherite

2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO₄

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

ⓘ Witherite

Formula: BaCO₃

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Witherite	5.AB.15	BaCO₃
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Baryte	7.AD.35	BaSO₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Witherite	BaCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
O	ⓘ Witherite	BaCO₃
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
Ba	Barium
Ba	ⓘ Baryte	BaSO₄
Ba	ⓘ Witherite	BaCO₃

Other Databases

Link to USGS - Alaska:	HW028

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References

Kelley, J.S., Tailleur, I.L., Morin, R.L., Reed, K.M., Harris, A.G., Schmidt, J.M., Brown, F.M., and Kurtak, J.M., 1993, Barite deposits in the Howard Pass quadrangle and possible relations to barite elsewhere in the northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-215, 13 p.

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