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Mt. Bupto

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
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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 10003151
MRDS ID A015684
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Bupto
Related records 10209112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.51369, 68.52957 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality 110 (sample 50ATr160) from original 1950 field notes and maps of Tailleur and cited in Patton and Matzko (1959, p. 12), in T11S, R24W; on north flank of Mt. Bupto about 0.5 mi (0.8 km) north of summit; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).??

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Pass C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska(National Petroleum Reserve)

National Petroleum Reserve BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = Phosphorite
  • Ore Material = unknown Uranium-bearing mineral

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 > Mudstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.51369, 68.52957
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Phosphatic mudstone in dark-colored, dominantly calcareous rocks of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group, probably from a stratigraphic level correlative with the black chert and shale member of the Alapah Limestone. Nearby dolostone talus derived from Mt. Bupto has purple and green fluorite and coarsely crystalline calcite fracture coatings.
  • Age = Carboniferous

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 = Mudstone sample contained 13.7% P2O5 and .004% U (Patton and Matzko, 1959, p. 11).

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

    Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.

  • Deposit

    Tailleur, I.L., Pessel, G.H., Brosge', W.P., and Mayfield, C.F., 1976, Informal cooperation between U.S. Geological Survey and State of Alaska, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, in the Brooks Range, in Cobb, E.H., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1975: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 733, p. 29

  • 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 = Patton and Matzko (1959)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode; phosphorite
Deposit Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020200005 (USBM, 1995)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 M.T. Powers U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 D.F. Huber U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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