The Fire Creek is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Fire Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fire Creek
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: REE
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: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = None
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Cobb and others, 1981
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Upwelling type phosphate
Comment (Geology): Age = Triassic
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Phosphatic rock collected from the Shublik Formation at this locality contains as much as 19.17% P2O5 and several times the average concentrations of rare-earth elements for similar rocks.
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): 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 ARCTIC, BAIRD MOUNTAINS, CHANDLER LAKE, DE LONG MOUNTAINS, DEMARCATION POINT, HOWARD PASS, MISHEGUK MOUNTAIN, MOUNT MICHELSON, NOATAK, POINT LAY, AND TABLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLES IN NORTHERN ALASKA; SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-628; PART A, SUMMARIES OF DATA TO JANUARY 1, 1981: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 81-767A, 25 P.
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