Alaska
Occurrence

Fire Creek

Alaska, United States
Phosphorus-PhosphatesREE
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
SecondaryREE
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model243: Phosphate, upwelling type
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003392
MRDS IDA106148
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates69.52986, -145.20348
References
COBB, 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 ARCTIC, BAIRD MOUNTAINS, CHANDLER LAKE, DE LONG MOUNTAINS, DEMARCATION POINT, HOWARD PASS, MISHEGUK MOUNTAIN, MOUNT MICHELSON, NOATAK, POINT LAY, AND TABLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES IN NORTHERN ALASKA; SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-628; PART A, SUMMARIES OF DATA TO JANUARY 1, 1981: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-767A, 25 P.Cobb, 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.