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Skimo Creek West Occurrence, Colville Mining District, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
68° 18' North , 152° 0' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
68.30000,-152.00000
GeoHash:
G#: bs5ut1sur
GRN:
N46W43
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
ET : Tundra
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Anaktuvuk Pass337 (2017)20.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
199990
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:199990:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Location: Located along east side of western tributary to Skimo Creek, 3 km above junction. Known to within one mile.
Geology: Phosphatic rocks are confined to the middle and upper parts of the black chert and shale member of the Alapah Limestone. Phosphate occurs in a section of interbedded oolitic shales and pisolitic phosphorites containing oblate pellets. The phosphatic rocks continue for a minimum of 4.2 km along strike.
Workings: One 2.2 m-thick zone averaged 20.6% P2O5 and a 0.9 m-thick zone averaged 13.0% P2O5. Samples also contained up to 874 ppm V.
Age: Mississippian

Commodities (Major) - P; (Minor) - V
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Bedded phosphorite

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘFluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
FFluorine
Fⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F

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References

Kurtak, J.M., Meyer, M.P., Hicks, R.W., Werdon, M.B., 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. 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. 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. 409-500.
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