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Shungnak deposit, Shungnak, Kobuk River, Alaska

Documents in our library name Shungnak deposit at Shungnak, Kobuk River, Alaska as an asbestos deposit. Fiber: chrysotile.

The documents describe this as a deposit or prospect: they report exploration or describe the deposit, not mining for sale.1

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Location

Shungnak, Kobuk River, Alaska, the town named in the documents. The dot marks the town, not the mine itself.

Year by year

Every statement about this mine in the documents, in each document's own words, by the year it is about.

1910

  • Description: “A deposit at Shungnak on the Kobuk River in northwestern Alaska was described as early as 1910”, p. 41

1932

  • Exploration: “Further exploration in this locality has uncovered veins of long-fibered chrysotile of high quality”, p. 41

See also

References

  1. Minerals Yearbook: Asbestos Chapters, 1932–33 (January 1, 1934), p. 4.

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“Shungnak deposit, Shungnak, Kobuk River, Alaska.” AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/mines/shungnak-kobuk-ak.

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