Mine detail: Avan River

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 68.23946, -161.93375

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

References

MRDSA015679
DEP10003146
Reference{Deposit:: Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.}{Deposit:: Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Foley, J.Y., and Barker, J.C., 1985, Chromite deposits along the Border Ranges fault, part 1, Field investigations and descriptions of chromite deposits: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8990, 58 p.}
ReporterM.T. Powers, D.F. Huber, J.M. Schmidt