Alaska
Occurrence

Mt. Bupto

Alaska, United States
Phosphorus-PhosphatesUranium
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model243: Phosphate, upwelling type
Geology
Host rockMudstone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003151
MRDS IDA015684
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates68.52957, -157.51369
References
Patton, W.W., Jr., and Matzko, J.J., 1959, Phosphate deposits in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 302-A, p. 1-17.Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.Tailleur, I.L., Pessel, G.H., Brosge', W.P., and Mayfield, C.F., 1976, Informal cooperation between U.S. Geological Survey and State of Alaska, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, in the Brooks Range, in Cobb, E.H., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1975: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 733, p. 29Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.