Located within Kobuk Valley National Park.
Location: Located on low hill between the Hunt River and Nekakte Creek in T. 22 N., R. 2 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 9 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).
Geology: Veinlets of tremolite asbestos less than 0.5 in. (1 cm) wide containing fibers up to 2 in. (5 cm) long (Anderson, 1947, p. 16).

Commodities (Major) - Asbestos
Development Status: No
Deposit Model: Serpentine-hosted asbestos

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Asbestos

Mineral List

ⓘ Tremolite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘ	Tremolite	9.DE.10	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Tremolite	◻Ca₂Mg₅(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂

Other Databases

Link to USGS - Alaska:	AR004

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Angayucham TerraneAccretionary Complex
Brooks Range DomainVolcanic Arc

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References

Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p. 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 78-120-I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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