Lead-, zinc-, and barite-bearing samples from the western Brooks Range, Alaska, with a section on petrography and mineralogy
Open-File Report
70-319
By: Irvin L. Tailleur, Ray Wehr, and G. Donald Eberlein
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Abstract
Concentrations of base metal and barite of potential economic significance may be present in the western De Long Mountains, northwestern Alaska. Greater than 2 percent lead and 1 percent zinc were detected semiquantitatively in sulfide-bearing hand samples from one locality, and more than 10 percent lead was analyzed in a related stream sediment sample. The base metals as sulfides, along with barite, have been concentrated in Paleozoic and(or) Mesozoic sedimentary chert. Several other localities at which sulfides appear to be weathering are present within a 100-square-mlle area. Systematic prospecting should determine if the mineralization has regional significance and has resulted in deposits' of possible economic importance.
Suggested Citation
Tailleur, I.L., Wehr, R., Eberlein, G., 1970, Lead-, zinc-, and barite-bearing samples from the western Brooks Range, Alaska, with a section on petrography and mineralogy: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-319, 16 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr70319.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Lead-, zinc-, and barite-bearing samples from the western Brooks Range, Alaska, with a section on petrography and mineralogy |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 70-319 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr70319 |
| Year Published | 1970 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 16 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Western Brooks Range |