The Cosmos Creek is a asbestos mine located in Alaska.
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Cosmos Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cosmos Creek
Commodity
Primary: Asbestos
Secondary: Jade
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Shungnak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysotile
Ore: Gold
Ore: Jade
Ore: Nephrite
Ore: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Serpentine-hosted asbestos/placer Au
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Four trenches dug by USBM (Heide and others, 1949, p. 21-22) to obtain samples for testing.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Low grade chrysotile and tremolite asbestos veinlets less than 1.5 in. (3 cm) wide, along strike length of over 1 mi. (1.6 km). Small amounts of Au and minor nephrite reported in nearby creek gravels (Anderson, 1947, p. 15).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Anderson, 1947
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Reed, I.M., 1931, Report on the placer deposits of the upper Kobuk goldfields: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 37-1, 57 p
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.
Reference (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.
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.
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