Mine detail: Jade Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 67.20952, -158.0535

Resource(N)

Primary: Jade
Ore: Chrysotile, Tremolite, Nephrite, Jade

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Yukon-Koyukuk Ophiolite
Host type:Peridotite
Associated type:Peridotite

References

MRDSA011862
DEP10001165
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, Eskil, 1945, Asbestos and jade occurrences in the Kobuk River region, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 3-R, 48 p.}{Deposit:: Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.}{Deposit:: 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.}
ReporterJ.M. Schmidt, R.L. Elliott, K.R. Leonard