Alaska
Prospect

Roy Creek

Alaska, United States
UraniumREE
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryREE
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Bastnaesite, Monazite, Thorianite, Thorite, Uraninite, Xenotime
GangueTopaz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite · Mt. Prindle Pluton
AlterationThere is hematitic alteration of wall rock and leaching of magnetite in host rocks (Burton, 1981).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001508
MRDS IDA012255
Alternate namesLittle Champion Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.43776, -146.59103
References
Holm, Bjarne, 1973, Bedrock geology and mineralization of the Mount Prindle area, Yukon-Tanana upland: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 55 p.Barker, J.C. and Clautice, K. H., 1997, Anomalous uranium concentrations in artesian springs and stream sediments in the Mount Prindle area, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 130-77, 19 p.Burton, P.J., 1981, Radioactive mineral occurrences, Mt. Prindle area, Yukon-Tanana Uplands: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 72 p.Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.Bundtzen, T.K., Eakins, G.R., Green, C.B. and Lueck, L.L., 1986, Alaska's mineral industry in 1985: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 39, 68 p.Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.