King-Beaver Mine

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10205948
MAS/MILS ID 1220500029
Record type Site
Current site name King-Beaver Mine
Alternate or previous names Beaver No.1, Lac Jeannine Mine, Bell, Johnson, Bennett-Martin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.59945, 46.08326 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quebec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.59945, 46.08326

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Milling method Sizing

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Asbestos Corp., Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner Asbestos Corp., Ltd
    Interest 45
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner General Dynamics Corp
    Interest 55
    Home office New York
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 71400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 71400000mt ore
    Total resources 71400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 2.6 wt-pct Asbestos Trace 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 27849000mt ore
    Indicated 93875000mt ore
    Demonstrated 121724000mt ore
    Inferred 77004000mt ore
    Total resources 198728000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 3.49 wt-pct Asbestos Trace 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OTHER NAMES:LAC JEANINE MINE,BELL,JOHNSON,BENNETT MARTIN, BEAVER #1. BENCH(BERM)/BLOCK CAVING RESOURCES IN RECOVERABLE MT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 70HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 74
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 14
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 42000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Mining Method CAVING METHODS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 10270
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF-CAN MINES HDBK,1975-1976,P246

  • Deposit

    REF-THE FINANCIAL POST SURVEY OF MINES,1975,P65, 1976,P.63.

  • Deposit

    REF-WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-1977, P.72.

  • Deposit

    REF-RIORDON,P.H., THE STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE THETFORD

  • Deposit

    LAKE ASBESTOS DEPOSITS, 1

  • Deposit

    REF-SURFACE MINING PRACTICE IN CANADA, 1972, MINES BRANCH IN

  • Deposit

    CIRC. 292, 109P.

  • Deposit

    REF-E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, 1975, P.195.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76 RCD 700 INDICATES ORE RESERVE NEARING EXHAUSTION BENNETT-MARTIN, BEAVER NO.1 AN D NO.2 DEPOSITS. AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH BELL ASBESTOS MINES LTD IN DEC,73, TO MINE COMMO BOUNDARY ORE. 77-RCD-630-MILL BURNED DOWN 1974,WITH ORE SHIPPED TO BRITISH CANADIAN MILL AT BLACK LAKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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