The Chandler Lake is a vanadium and phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Vanadium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 68.3, -152.50000
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Chandler Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chandler Lake
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Colville
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: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorapatite
Ore: Vanadinite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Sample contained 25.6% P2O5, 0.02% V2O5, and 0.009% equiv. U; Field location 45 AGr21
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb, 1975, USGS OFR 75-628, p. 50
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Bedded phosphorite
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Samples are of black, medium to coarsely oolitic phosphate rock from (probably) near the top of the Alapha Limestone. Phosphatic pellets, partly replaced by calcite, are in the calcite matrix. Purple fluorite occurs in and around the edges of phosphatic pellets and in veinlets in calcite.
Comment (Geology): Age = Mississippian
References
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): Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., White, M.G. and Moxham, R.M., 1952, Interim report on an appraisal of the uranium possibilities of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51.
Reference (Deposit): Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., White, M.G. and Moxham, R.M., 1952, Interim report on an appraisal of the uranium possibilities of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51, 123 p.
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): 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.
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