Mine detail: Shungnak Rivers

Previously called 'Shingnek Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 67.03064, -157.23846

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Asbestos, Nephrite, Copper, Silver

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel

References

MRDSA011867
DEP10001169
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:: Fritts, C.E., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of the Cosmos Hills, Ambler River and Shungnak River Quadrangles, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 39, 63 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Reed, I.M., 1931, Report on the placer deposits of the upper Kobuk goldfields: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 37-1, 33 p.}
ReporterK.R. Leonard, S.W. Nelson, J.M. Schmidt, R.L. Elliott