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Notre Dame De Laus

Producer in Quebec, Canada with commodity Graphite
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158465
MAS/MILS ID 1220500094
Record type Site
Current site name Notre Dame De Laus
Alternate or previous names Notre Dame Du Laus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.56628, 46.16668 (WGS84)
Elevation 297
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.56628, 46.16668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 20M
    Length 150M
    Width 220M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:55W
    Date of Last Modification 840703
  • Area 68HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 68
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1954
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1980
Milling method Flotation

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Asbury Carbons Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Graphite Ore 9737
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Graphite Graphite 9737mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Graphite Ore 37650
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Graphite Graphite 37650mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE THREE PRODUCT GRADES ARE DETERMINED SOLELY BY MESH SEPARATION ANALYSIS. THE COARSE CRYSTALLINE FLAKE GRAPHITE PRODUCT IS THE +40 MESH MATERIAL, 15.5% OF TOTAL OUTPUT, THE INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT IS THE -40 +100 MESH MATERIAL, 42% OF TOTAL OUTPUT, AND THE POWDER PRODUCT IS THE -100 MESH MATERIAL, 42.5% OF TOTAL OUTPUT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE IS UPDATED TO DEC. 1988. MINE CAPACITY 400 MTPD OF ORE
  • ASBURY HAS MODERNISED THE FACILITY AND CUT THE WORK FORCE BY 30% AND INCREASING PRODUCTION OF +100 MESH FLAKES FROM THE PLANT. FLAKE QUALITY IS OVER 90% CARBON (IND. MINERALS DEC 1988 P.42)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 68HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 56.7
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 5
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 95
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 349
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 7.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 130
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2000M
    Overall depth 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER OPEN STOPE METHODS
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Recovery 95
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 700
    Slope of Inclines 10
    Number of Inclines 1
    Capacity 349
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 16.33
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 130
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKING SEASON, FROM MID-APRIL TO LATE-SEPTEMBER OR EARLY-OCTOBER.

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION OF MILL PRODUCT TO ASBURY, NEW JERSEY PLANT IS ESTIMATED AT $66/MT-CONC. FOR A DISTANCE ESTIMATED AT 750 KILOMETERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALL REFERENCES IN THE PROFILE REPORT ARE FROM NON-PUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    SOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COST DATA FOR THIS PROPERTY WERE GATHERED UNDER BUREAU OF MINES CONTRACT J0225019, "THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING AND COST DATA FOR FOREIGN GRAPHITE PROPERTIES"; THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC. IN SEPTEMBER 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-94 Z&W Inc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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