Asbestos Hill

Producer in Quebec, 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111283
MRDS ID W700033
Record type Site
Current site name Asbestos Hill
Alternate or previous names Amiante Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.99924, 62.00021 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 35 MILES SSW OF DECEPTION BAY., Highly Uncertain Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON THE UNGAVA PENINSULA IN NORTHERNMOST QUEBEC. WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE MORE DETAILED MAP OF THIS PART OF QUEBEC FOR BETTER LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Talc Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.99924, 62.00021

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge 25-30
    Plunge direction NE
    Length 400M
    Width 61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ULTRABASIC SILLS INTRUDE POVUNGNITUK LAVAS AND SEDIMENTS. DUNITE HOST IS 500-600 FT THICK AND IS OVERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asbestos Corp., Ltd

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 8497000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 10 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 7120000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 10 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, R.V., 1981, GEOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF THE ASBESTOS HILL ORE BODY, IN RIORDAN, P.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF ASBESTOS DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS INC., P. 53-62.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1984, ASBESTOS, IN GEOLOGY OF THE NONMETALLICS: NEW YORK, METAL BULLETIN INC., P. 324-335.

  • Deposit

    TIPHANE, MARCEL, 1973, ASBESTOS IN QUEBEC: QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SPECIAL PAPER 14, P. 61-63.

  • Deposit

    "ASBESTOS IN QUEBEC", 1973

  • Deposit

    ASBESTOS, 1980, V. 63, NO. 1.

  • Deposit

    ASBESTOS, 1981, V. 64, NO. 2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    "ASBESTOS IN QUEBEC"; ASBESTOS, 1980; ASBESTOS, 1981.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINIMUM ESTIMATE OF ORRIS (1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-87 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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