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Tiglukpuk Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003137
MRDS ID A015670
Record type Site
Current site name Tiglukpuk Creek
Related records 10160095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.89351, 68.29968 (WGS84)
Relative position Deposits on a small tributary of Skimo Creek and on Tiglukpuk Creek. Within one mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chandler Lake B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandler Lake SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandler Lake C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chandler-Anaktuvuk Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorapatite Ore

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Alapha Limestone
    Rock description Alapha Ls.;Alapha Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.89351, 68.29968
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Phosphate deposits restricted to black chert and shale unit of the Alapha Limestone of late Mississippian age. Phosphate rock and phosphorites occur within a section of interbedded oolitic to pisolitic limestone, chert, and shale. Marked variation in lithologic character of phosphate content. Fluorite was a constituent of all samples studied.
  • Age = Mississippian

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A 36 ft thick sequence averages 8% P2O5; a 43 in. thick sequence averages 21% P2O5; and 6 beds, none more than 5.5 in. thick, contain 30% P2O5. Samples analyzed for vanadium contained .04% - .10% V2O5. Samples collected by USBM contained up to 23% phosphate with 1035 ppm V.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    Patton, W.W., Jr., and Tailleur, I.L., 1964, Geology of the upper Killik-Itkillik region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 303-G, p. 409-499.

  • Deposit

    Meyer, M.P., 1994, Analytical results from U.S. Bureau of Mines investigations in the Colville Mining District, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-94, 137 p.

  • Deposit

    Kurtak, J.M., Hicks, R.W., Werdon, M.B., Meyer, M.P., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Colville mining district and southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-95, 217 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975, USGS OFR 75-628, p. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Bedded phosphorite

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-FEB-1997 K.D. Kelley U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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