Mine detail: Kagvik Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

68.37948, -161.43375

Resource(N)

Primary:	Bentonite
Ore:	Barite, Gypsum

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Clay, Mud
Alteration processes:	Iron-oxide stain

References

MRDS	A015676
DEP	10003142
Reference	Churkin, M. Jr., Mayfield, C.F., Theobald, P.K., Barton, H., Nodleberg, W.J., Winkler, G.R., and Huie, C., 1978, Geological and geochemical appraisal of metallic mineral resources, southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-70A, 82 p.
Reporter	D.F. Huber, J.M. Schmidt, M.T. Powers