Mine detail: Natvakruak Lake

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 68.29969, -151.7035

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Fluorapatite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Alapha Limestone
Host type:Black Shale

References

MRDSA015671
DEP10003138
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.}{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.}{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.}
ReporterHuber, D.F., M.T. Powers