Reeves Mine

Past Producer in Ontario, Canada with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023393
MRDS ID I000290
Record type Site
Current site name Reeves Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -82.08287, 48.20556 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Comments on the location information

  • DRAINAGE BASIN HAS AN AREA OF 6280 SQ MILES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

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 > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -82.08287, 48.20556

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1968-1975

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Johns Manville Canada Inc.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 3 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1967

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.

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1984, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1985: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN 198, 308 P.

  • Deposit

    ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES IMR 36.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED DUNITE STOCK IS CUT BY NUMEROUS FRACTURES BEARING ASBESTOS. THE ASBESTOS-BEARING ZONE IS 500 FT WIDE AND AT LEAST 2000 FT LONG.
Deposit LENTICULAR LAYERS OF ICE-LIKE MIRABILITE, AS MUCH AS 30 CM THICK, OCCUR AT THE BASE OF A 50 CM TO 1 M THICK SILTY HALITE CRUST IN THE NE PART OF THE SALAR. THE MIRABILITE CONTAINS NODULAR MASSES OF TAN HYDROGLAUBERITE. LOCALLY, THERE ARE ZONES OF CHIEFLY DRY, COHERENT MESH-WORK OF SAND-SIZED THENARDITE GRAINS AND SCATTERED PRISMATIC CRYSTALS OF TRANSLUCENT, WHITE THENARDITE AS MUCH AS 20 CM LONG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.