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Unnamed (east of Lupine River)

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001737
MRDS ID A012521
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (east of Lupine River)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.98347, 68.79978 (WGS84)
Relative position Site is at an elevation of about 3,250 ft. between the Saviukviayak and Lupine Rivers about 6 miles southeast of VABM Lupine (SW1/4 sec. 25, T. 7 S., R. 17 E., of the Umiat Meridian). Location is accurate within 1-mile radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philip Smith Mountains D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Arctic NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Philip Smith Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sagavanirktok River(hydrologic unit)

Prudhoe Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.98347, 68.79978
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Fluorite occurrences in the Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle have not been described individually. In general, fluorite found throughout the northern portion of the quadrangle has been described as 'microscopic interstitial and replacement crystals or as megascopic crystals and veins in the upper few hundred meters of the Lisburne Group and the basal beds of the Sadlerochit Group' (Menzie and others, 1985). The origin of the fluorite is uncertain. It may either be sedimentary (apparent stratabound distribution) or hydrothermal (local igneous associations) (Menzie and others, 1985). Fluorite mineralization at this locality reportedly grades up to 78 percent (Barker, 1978), but no other descriptive information is available.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Canning

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., 1978, Mineral Investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range: a summary report: US Bureau of Mines Open-File No. 63-78

  • Deposit

    Menzie, W.D., Reiser, H.N., Brosgi, W.P., and Detterman, R.L., 1985, Map showing distribution of mineral resources (excepting oil and gas) in the Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations Map MF-879-C, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Menzie and others, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Other Comments = Fluorite is reported to occur at widespread localities across the entire northern part of the Philip Smith Mountain quadrangle. These occurrences extend to the east into the Arctic quadrangle, where thick veins and isolated crystals associated with Paleozoic volcanic rocks at the top of the Lisburne Group are reported.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1999 J.M. Britton U.S. Geological Survey

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