Canning River

The Canning River is a uranium and phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Canning River

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Location

State: Alaska
District: Canning

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Phosphate, upwelling type

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Patton and Matzko, 1959

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = P2O5 up to 14.7%

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Upwelling type phosphate

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sample collected 50 meters (165 ft) above base of the Shublik Formation contained 14.7% P2O5 and 0.001% U. Bluish-black shale and limestone similar to that collected is present throughout the 80 meter (265 ft) -thick section of Shublik Foramtion that crops out at this locality.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Triassic

References

Reference (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.

Reference (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.

Reference (Deposit): Brosge', W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1976, Preliminary geologic and mineral resource maps (excluding petroleum), Arctic National Wildlife Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-539, 4 sheets, scale 1:500,000.

Reference (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.

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