Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Thorium
SecondaryYttrium, Niobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsXenotime, Zircon
GangueEpidote, Fluorite, Goethite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
AlterationAn unidentified red, waxy mineral is altered to goethe and limonite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002561
MRDS IDA013504
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates66.13137, -160.66034
References
Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Barker, J.C., 1985, Sampling and analytical results of a mineral reconnaissance in the Selawik Hills area, northwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 43-85, 67 p.