Salmon Bay

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in Alaska, United States

Geographic location

CountryUnited States
State or provinceAlaska
Geographic location:-133.168333, 56.32
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Location references

  • USGS, 2000, MRDS database

Geologic characteristics

Deposit typeCarbonatite
REE mineralsparisite
bastnäsite
monazite
Ore mineralspyrite
apatite
fluorite
thorite
zircon
chalcopyrite
marcasite
Gangue mineralsankerite-dolomite
hematite
quartz
calcite
muscovite
epidote
topaz
garnet
Host rock typeslamprophyre and phonolite dikes
graywacke

Nearby scientific information

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Economic information

StatusOccurrence

Comments

Veins.

Bibliographic references