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Abitibi Asbestos

Prospect in Quebec, Canada with commodity Asbestos
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  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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023439
MRDS ID I000400
Record type Site
Current site name Abitibi Asbestos
Related records 10305280

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.03687, 49.19305 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Quebec

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CROSS FIBER CHRYSOTILE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result 85% OF FIBERS ARE 1/16 TO 1/4 INCHES LONG.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.03687, 49.19305
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1965
    Total resources 45351000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 3 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1965
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 48390000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 2.8 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1981 FIGURE IS FOR 3 OREBODIES.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION BEGAN IN 1958. DRILLING WAS DONE IN 1963 AND 1966. DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING BEGAN IN 1969 WITH THE FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPLETED IN1976.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASBESTOS, 1982, V. 63, NO. 7.

  • 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.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ASBESTOS, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS U SHAPED AND LIES UNDER 80-120 FT OF OVERBURDEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1989 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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