Mine detail: Dahl Creek Head

Previously called 'Asbestos Mountain, Ing-Ink'

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Location

Lat / long: 67.00843, -156.82845

Resource(N)

Primary: Asbestos
Ore: Chrysotile, Nephrite, Quartz, Talc, Tremolite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite

References

MRDSA011876
DEP10001175
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:: 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.}{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.}
ReporterK.R. Leonard, J.M. Schmidt, R.L. Elliott, S.W. Nelson