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Golden Age

Past Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodity Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023392
MRDS ID I000289
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Age

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.81164, 46.2569 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lac Etchemin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Quebec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Comments on the location information

  • DRAINAGE BASIN HAS AN AREA OF 224 SQ MILES, THE SALINE CRUST IS 40 SQ MILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT IS LARGELY SLIP FIBER, BUT THERE IS SOME CROSS FIBER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chrysotile Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 18
USGS model code 8d
Deposit model name Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.81164, 46.2569
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1862

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Age Mining Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • QUIBORAX MINES APPROXIMATELY 100,000 TPA OF ULEXITE FROM SALAR BRINES (1995).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED ULEXITE RESERVES OF 10-15 MILLION METRIC TONS.

Comments on development

  • IN 1995, NORTH AMERICA CHEMICAL CO. WAS TRYING TO ACQUIRE QUIBORAX. ; ECON.COM: PLANT IS AT LUTA WHICH IS 70 KM FROM ARICA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1980, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1980: MINERAL POLICY SECTOR INTERNAL REPORT MRI 80/7. 294 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL LENSES OF ORE.
Deposit ORE HAS GRADE OF 30% B2O3. ON WEST SIDE OF THE SALAR, THE GYPSUM CRUST IS 18 INCHES TO 3 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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