Katakturuk River

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Katakturuk River

Commodity

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: REE

Location

State: Alaska
District: Canning

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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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

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Rocks

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

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Upwelling type phosphate

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Uranium

Comment (Geology): 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.

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

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Phosphate

Comment (Geology): Age = Triassic

References

Reference (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.

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.

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.

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