Penhale

Prospect 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303412
MAS/MILS ID 1220500037
Record type Site
Current site name Penhale
Alternate or previous names Vimy Ridge Penhale Project, Penhale Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.39944, 46.01666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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 Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.39944, 46.01666

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Caving Methods - Block Caving
Milling method Sizing

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • 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
  • Type Operator
    Owner Asbestos Corp., Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1979

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 28700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 28700000mt ore
    Total resources 28700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 2.6 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 27802000mt ore
    Demonstrated 27802000mt ore
    Total resources 27802000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 4.27 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 76-RCD 611, BASED ON 700 RESERVES, INCLUDES PENHALE RESERVES
  • PENHALE OREBODY LIES BENEATH THE EXHAUSTED NORMANDIE PIT. PRODUCE ASSUMING PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF NORMANDIE WILL BE REPLACED BY PENHALE. FORMERLY LISTED UNDER MAS SEQ # 1220500109. RESOURCES IN RECOVERABLE MT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 60HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 15
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 5180
    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 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

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

  • Geology

    BLACK LAKE ASBESTOS DEPOSITS, IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1979-80, NORTHERN MINER PRESS LTD.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P.31.

  • Deposit

    ANNIS, R.C., D.A. CRANSTONE AND M. VALLEE, A SURVEY OF KNOWN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CANADA THAT ARE NOT BEING MINED;

  • Deposit

    ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES CANADA,MINERALS,MR 181, 1978

  • Deposit

    P.A-7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-94 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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