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Boston Bar

Prospect in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023378
MRDS ID I000273
Record type Site
Current site name Boston Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43459, 49.86649 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR BOSTON BAR ON THE FRASER RIVER, ABOUT 300 KM NE OF VANCOUVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hope(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF BOSTON BAR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43459, 49.86649
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1991

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Talc

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 8200000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Talc-Soapstone Talc 60 wt-pct Talc-Soapstone Major 1990

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PREFEASIBILITY STUDY BY MINPROC CANADA CONCLUDED THAT WITH A 25 YEAR MINE LIFE AND CAPITAL COSTS OF $36 MILLION, THE PROJECT WOULLD PRODUCE A 30% INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN. PLANS INCLUDE A PLANT BETWEEN HOPE AND LANGLEY, B.C. THE STUDY ESTIMATED MINING, MILLING AND TRANSPORT COSTS AT $103 PER TONNE OF PURE TALC PRODUCED. THE PRODUCT IS EXPECTED TO SELL FOR $200-$300 PER TONNE. THE PLANT WILL BE RATED TO PRODUCE 640 TONNES OF TALC PRODUCT PER DAY. PACIFIC TALC IS TOO SMALL TO HAVE THE CAPITAL TO FINANCE PROJECT AND IS LOOKING FOR A PARTNER (1990). PACIFIC TALC PLANS TO MARKET THE TALC AS A COMPETITOR TO GEORGIA KAOLIN FOR PAPER MANUFACTURE. TEST RESULTS FROM A BULK SAMPLE WERE FAVORABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 1990, PACIFIC TALC SEES BIG PROFITS IN MINING OF WHITE MINERAL: V. 76, NO. 5, P. 17

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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