The Monitis Creek is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Alaska.
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Monitis Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monitis Creek
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Uranium
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorapatite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The phosphate occurrences are confined to the black chert and shale member of the Alapah Limestone. Interbedded phosphorite and phosphate rock occur in sections up to 11.3 m thick. The phosphate-bearing mineral consists of fluorapatite, which is concentrated in oolites, pellets, and matrix. Purple fluorite occurs locally. The phosphatic rocks can be traced for 1.5 km along strike.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Kurtak and others, 1995, USBM OFR 8-95
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Individual phosphorites up to 0.6 m thick contain up to 330% P2O5. One 6.7 m-thick section averaged 23% P2O5. Samples also contained up to 2,000 ppm V, and 119 ppm U.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Bedded phosphorite
Comment (Geology): Age = Mississippian
References
Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Tailleur, I.L., 1964, Geology of the upper Killik-Itkillik region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 303-G, p. 409-499.
Reference (Deposit): Meyer, M.P., 1994, Analytical results from U.S. Bureau of Mines investigations in the Colville Mining District, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-94, 137 p.
Reference (Deposit): Kurtak, J.M., Hicks, R.W., Werdon, M.B., Meyer, M.P., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Colville mining district and southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-95, 217 p.
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