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Fire Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 10003392
MRDS ID A106148
Record type Site
Current site name Fire Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.20348, 69.52986 (WGS84)
Relative position Within 1.6 kilometers (1 mi)

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 FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Secondary

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.20348, 69.52986
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Phosphatic rock collected from the Shublik Formation at this locality contains as much as 19.17% P2O5 and several times the average concentrations of rare-earth elements for similar rocks.
  • Age = Triassic

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Canning

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = None

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Cobb and others, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Upwelling type phosphate

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-1996 Schmidt, J.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-SEP-1996 Kelley, J.S. U.S. Geological Survey

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