Commodities
PrimaryAsbestos
SecondaryGold, Jade
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysotile, Gold, Jade, Nephrite, Tremolite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001170
MRDS IDA011868
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates67.00953, -157.14345
References
Anderson, Eskil, 1945, Asbestos and jade occurrences in the Kobuk River region, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 3-R, 48 p.Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.Heide, H.E., Wright, W.S., and Rutledge, F.A., 1949, Investigations of the Kobuk River asbestos deposits, Kobuk district, northwest Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 4414, 25 p.Reed, I.M., 1931, Report on the placer deposits of the upper Kobuk goldfields: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 37-1, 57 p