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Katakturuk River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003099
MRDS ID A015631
Record type Site
Current site name Katakturuk River
Related records 10112054

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.60351, 69.58986 (WGS84)
Relative position 575 meter (1,890 ft) -hill at the confluence of two forks of the Katakturuk River in the headwaters of the Katakturuk River near the south flank of the Sadlerochit Mountains; accurate to within 455 meters (1,500 ft). Cobb, 1972, Locality 3 and Grybeck, 1977, p. 39, Location 7.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Michelson C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Michelson NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Michelson C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Camden Bay(hydrologic unit)

Eastern Arctic(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge UND(Type of land area)

UND(Federal land areas administered by UND)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Primary
REE Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Phosphate
  • Ore Material = Uranium

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 243
USGS model code 34c
Deposit model name Phosphate, upwelling type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Shublik Formation
    Rock description Shublik Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.60351, 69.58986
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Phosphatic rock is present in the lower 6 meters (20 ft) of a 30 meter (100 ft) -thick succession of black oolitic limestone in the basal part of the Schublik Fm. The phosphate rock is fine-grained and contains uniform dimentional oblong phosphatic pellets that average 0.2 long and 0.1 millimeters across. Angular grains of quartz make up 3% of rock. One sample contained 35.8 per cent P2O5 and 0.008% U and has the highest phosphate content of any sample collected from the Shublik Formation.
  • Age = Triassic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Canning

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Michelson quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-462, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-628, 106 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Patton and Matzko, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Upwelling type phosphate

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Powers, M.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Huber, D.F. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Schmidt J.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-SEP-1996 Kelley, J.S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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