Bird-Ginn

Occurrence in Ontario, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023388
MRDS ID I000285
Record type Site
Current site name Bird-Ginn
Alternate or previous names Matheson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.96362, 48.52638 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada Ontario

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chrysotile Ore

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) -79.96362, 48.52638

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES, 1984, CANADIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED IN 1985: CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES MINERAL BULLETIN 198, 308 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    MR 198.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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